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| Glaucous Gull |
A few days ago I drove up to Daytona Beach in the afternoon to look for gulls. An Iceland Gull and a Glaucous Gull had been seen the day before, and we were hoping to find them. The Iceland Gull eluded us, but the Glaucous Gull was very easy to find near a headless Herring Gull. This bird has come much farther south than it should have, but I'm not complaining.
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| Glaucous Gull |
Well, there were other birds there too, though not as many as there were a few weeks ago, when it was estimated that 60,000 gulls were lining the shoreline every evening. I suspect that when we were there, there were well less than 5,000 gulls along the 1.5 mile stretch of beach that we walked.
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull |
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| Ring-billed Gull |
And there were even a few shorebirds around, mostly Willets, Black-bellied Plovers, Ruddy Turnstones, and Sanderlings.
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| Willet |
Glad you were able to take advantage of a rare opportunity, Scott! Very nice shots of the Glaucous Gull! Photos of those other beach bums aren't too shabby, either!
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