Herring Gulls look a lot like the more common Ring-billed Gull. Immatures have a ring on the bill so this is not a fool proof identification aid. The best identification key is size. Ring-bills average about 17.5 inches in length. For Herring Gulls it is about 25 inches. We had both this morning at Marie Curtis park.

Other birds:

Park scenes:

Today’s group:

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The Magic of Birdwatching in Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park – The New York Times

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NATURE POETRY

In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer, quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.                – Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)

Miles Hearn