Heermann's Gull by PatGoltz

Photography • Animals • posted on Oct 12, 2011

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Description

Larus heermanni Found at Lakeside Park, Tucson, Arizona, USA. They said this bird would be a one day wonder, so I needed to go find him that very day. He was cooperative, less than 10 feet away, and stayed a long time. The next day, as they said, he was gone. Yep, we have gulls in Arizona. We have lots of beach, but no ocean. So they hang out in or near lakes. This one was my fourth species.

Comments (4)

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blinkings

5:01AM | Wed, 12 October 2011

LOL there about 5 billion of them where I live in Australia on this stretch of beach alone, and about half of them are permanently camped either on my roof or at my front door!!!!! But do you know what is funny? With all the beaches for them to choose from, guess where they like the best. An old garbage dump about 10 miles inland!!!!!! But when it's boring at the dump, they all head back down to the beach to get more hot chips! They are lovingly referred to around here as the 'S..T Hawks'!

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tennesseecowgirl

6:03AM | Wed, 12 October 2011

We get seagulls in Tennessee as well, go figure.. not much sea around my part of the world. Nice capture.

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GiMi53

4:37PM | Wed, 12 October 2011

Amazing indeed to discover gulls in Arizona ! I like the birds from the Laridae family but most of the time the different species are very difficult to identify... I think this will be one of my challenges this next winter... Thanks for sharing ! :~)

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