Pioneer Birding

Slaty-backed Gull - 2nd/3rd cycle, Barton Cove, Gill, Franklin Co., MA. Slaty-backed (2nd/3rd cycle), Great Black-backed , American Herring ...

Another brutally cold evening at Barton Cove, Turner's Falls, but some really excellent gulling with seven species present. The Slaty-ba...

Slaty-backed Gull - 2nd/3rd cycle (center). The first distant views from the boat launch off Unity Park, Turner's Falls, Franklin Co., ...

Another superb find at the Windsor Landfill. This 2 nd /3rd cycle Slaty -backed Gull was found by Patrick Dugan and Frank Mantlik on Mond...

Slaty-backed Gull - Windsor Landfill, CT. Nov 28th. Thought to be fourth-cycle. Potentially the first state record. This fourth cycle Slaty...

Slaty-backed Gull - sub-adult (Kodak 9.5 - 11.5) with adult Great Black-backed Gull (Kodak 13 - 15) , Windsor Landfill, CT. November 28th. ...

Thanks to a timely and much appreciated phone call from Nick Bonomo, my visiting parents and I drove down to the Windsor/Bloomfield landfill...

Lovely shot of the much quoted ' String of pearls ' effect. Compare upperparts tone between Slaty-backed Gull (left) and Great Blac...