Painted

Published

1932

Volume

1

Plate

60

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Bonaparte Gull

Larus philadelphia

DESCRIPTION

So light and buoyant on water or in air are these dainty birds that they are sometimes mistaken for Terns. I have watched them often following tide rips, curving down at intervals for a tidbit.

I labeled my first specimen Sterna hirundo altho with grave doubts for I could not convince myself that a Tern would brave a New England coast Winter.

MacFarlane and others agree that they nest in low evergreens, placing the nests on horizontal branches, usually close to the trunk.

BREEDING

RANGE

From northwestern Alaska, south in Winter on Pacific to Lower California and on Atlantic to Florida.

bonaparte-gull
western-grebe
Western Grebe
1
holboell-grebe
Holboell Grebe
2
horned-grebe
Horned Grebe
3
eared-grebe
Eared Grebe
4
mexican-grebe
Mexican Grebe
5
piedbill-grebe
Piedbill Grebe
6
loon
Loon
7
yellowbill-loon
Yellowbill Loon
8
blackthroat-loon
Blackthroat Loon
9
pacific-loon
Pacific Loon
10
redthroat-loon
Redthroat Loon
11
tufted-puffin
Tufted Puffin
12
puffin-largebill-puffin
Puffin, Largebill Puffin
13-13a
horned-puffin
Horned Puffin
14
rhinoceros-auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet
15
cassin-auklet
Cassin Auklet
16
paroquet-auklet
Paroquet Auklet
17
crested-auklet
Crested Auklet
18
whiskered-auklet
Whiskered Auklet
19
least-auklet
Least Auklet
20
ancient-murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
21
marble-murrelet
Marble Murrelet
23
kittlitz-murrelet
Kittlitz Murrelet
24
xantus-murrelet
Xantus Murrelet
25
craveri-murrelet
Craveri Murrelet
26
black-guillemot
Black Guillemot
27
mandt-guillemot
Mandt Guillemot
28
pigeon-guillemot
Pigeon Guillemot
29
murre-california-murre
Murre, California Murre
30-30a
brunnich-murre-pallas-murre
Brunnich Murre, Pallas Murre
31-31a
razorbill-auk
Razorbill Auk
32
dovekie
Dovekie
34
skua
Skua
35
pomarine-jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
36
parasitic-jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
37
longtail-jaeger
Longtail Jaeger
38
ivory-gull
Ivory Gull
39
kittiwake-pacific-kittiwake
Kittiwake, Pacific Kittiwake
40-40a
redleg-kittiwake
Redleg Kittiwake
41
glaucous-gull
Glaucous Gull
42
iceland-gull
Iceland Gull
43
glaucouswing-gull
Glaucouswing Gull
44
kumlien-gull
Kumlien Gull
45
nelson-gull
Nelson Gull
46
great-blackback-gull
Great Blackback Gull
47
slatyback-gull
Slatyback Gull
48
western-gull
Western Gull
49
herring-gull
Herring Gull
51
california-gull
California Gull
53
ringbill-gull
Ringbill Gull
54
shortbill-gull
Shortbill Gull
55
heermann-gull
Heermann Gull
57
laughing-gull
Laughing Gull
58
franklin-gull
Franklin Gull
59
bonaparte-gull
Bonaparte Gull
60
ross-gull
Ross Gull
61
sabine-gull
Sabine Gull
62