More gulls and terns
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laughing gull, Bahia Honda, Florida Keys, 2009.
It took me 2 1/2 years to finally photograph an adult laughing gull. I
have several pictures of laughing gulls in winter plumage but not a
single individual in summer plumage. Of all the birds I made a goal to
photograph, an adult laughing gull was at the top of the list. While
camping at Bahia Honda, I received my chance. |
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This individual is still molting.
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| This is the typical laughing gull that I
photograph: an individual in winter plumage. Note the lack of a coal
gray head and the black beak, .gray breast and flanks and back of the
head, and the brown-gray covert feathers. This is 1st year in winter
plumage. |
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Someone moved close to the gulls and got them
excited. They lifted their heads up like this and cried out for a few
seconds.
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| Now that I finally took a picture of laughing
gulls, I feel that I was not let down. They are rather beautiful bird. |
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