Rob's @robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with wings open on the Floor/Water but not flying, the Alt theme is #Black&White, birds with black & white feathers.
I've got both covered with this photo. 😁 #BonapartesGull
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#BirdOfTheDay theme is #gullsinwater Left is a Bonaparte’s Gull riding the wave. Right is a Laughing Gull in the surf. #bonapartesgull #laughinggull #surf #waves #birds #water
One of the many Bonaparte’s Gulls seen from Jones Beach on Long Island. Incredible seeing how they kept diving into the water like the Northern Gannets foraging for food. #bonapartesgull #gulls #birds #birdwatching #wildlife
Bonaparte's Gull, Niagara River
Grand Island, NY USA
November 16, 2025
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A 1st cycle Bonaparte's Gull in flight. The inner rectrices (tail feathers) have been replaced in the preformative moult, leaving behind an incomplete tailband.
Bonaparte's Gull.
(White Rock BC, November 8 2025)
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A Bonaparte’s Gull in sharp focus glides in front of a blurred flock. The wings stretch wide in mid-flight, contrasting against the soft motion of the other birds behind it. Photo Details: Oct 25, 2025 • 1/2500 s • ISO 1250 • 790 mm Taxonomy: Chroicocephalus philadelphia • Chroicocephalus • Laridae • Charadriiformes • Aves • Chordata • Animalia
A Bonaparte’s Gull glides ahead of the flock, its wings cutting through soft light. The background blurs into a pattern of movement, the moment balanced between flight and stillness.
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July has been very quiet, bird-wise, but on a rainy Sunday this cracking bird cheered me up. Missed it twice last year at Frampton - Bonaparte’s Gull finally in the bag. #lovegulls #birds #kentbirding #bonapartesgull
A Bonaparte's Gull in breeding plumage struts the beach. It has a black head and bill, with orange legs. I saw this through dense fog and thought it was an expected laughing gull. But then as I edited the image, orange legs emerged along with a jet black bill...
I know people won't give a fig about this Bonaparte's Gull on South Shore Beach in Little Compton but, for me, it is a breeding plumage lifer (BPL) and I'm thrilled. #bonapartesgull #bird #birdphotography
Bonaparte's Gull hanging out on the Beach at Rock Point. #bonapartesgull #chroicocephalusphiladelphia #gulls #birds #migration #lakeerie #greatlakes #haldimandcounty #southernontario
BOGU#4. Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia), Pymatuning Lake, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. #birdsinflight #birds #gulls #bonapartesgull
A pair of black headed gulls facing picture left are in flight low over water. They are named after the ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte, who was a nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte.
A pair of Bonaparte's Gulls flying low over the water just off Jericho Beach.
At Vancouver, BC.
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I don't see Bonaparte's Gulls in this plumage very often at all. I was on a monitoring shift for the Least Terns last year and turned around, and whoa. Look at that lovely plumage!
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Bonaparte’s gull at the Napa Marsh! These small gulls are named after Napoleon’s cousin Charles Lucien Bonaparte for his contributions to American ornithology.
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great egret and bonaparte's gull
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A group of gulls resting on a sandbar. One is larger than the others.
One of the things I look forward to in the fall/winter birding is spending more time looking at various gulls, seeing if I can find something uncommon for the area. 🪶
A recent example: a group of Bonaparte's Gulls, with a lone Ring-billed Gull for scale. They sure are small!
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A few #birding highlights from the Christmas period across the Irish Sea. #BonapartesGull at #Ballygalley, #DoubleCrestedCormorant at #DoonLough, #GreenWingedTeal at #Ballintemple and one of two #RingNeckedDuck (honest) on #UpperLoughErne. Always a great trip out west.
