MA - Turner's Falls gulls - Dec '10

Lesser Black-backed Gull (center) - adult, Turner's Falls, Franklin Co., MA. December 17th, 2010. A regular bird, roosting daily at either Barton Cove, Gill or the power canal at Turner's Falls.


Kumlien's Iceland Gull (rear) - dark first-cycle, Turner's Falls, Franklin Co., MA. December 2nd, 2010. This attractive, rather dark-winged bird has been present virtually daily since Nov 30th to date (Dec 22nd).

Kumlien's Iceland Gull (center) - second-cycle, Turner's Falls, Franklin Co., MA. December 17th, 2010.

Kumlien's Iceland Gull (right) - second-cycle, Barton Cove, Franklin Co., MA. December 22nd, 2010. First seen on Dec 21st and has a more obviously bi-colored bill than the bird featured above. Both birds have roosted at Barton Cove in recent evenings.

Glaucous Gull - first-cycle, Turner's Falls, Franklin Co., MA. December 13th, 2010. Last seen on December 17th.

A handful of recent images of the some of the gulls regularly found in the evenings at Turner's Falls and Barton Cove in the last couple of weeks.

JPS