Identificaciones de tobyye

Reddish tail

Cape Roger Curtis proposed regional park, Bowen Island, BC, Canada

difficult to distinguish between lesser & greater, but this one has brighter yellow legs, slight turn-up beak. slim body.

The gull with the black head

Dead probably from a car strike, found on the sidewalk beside a busy road. Poor little thing!

Golden YEWA.

High pitch noises from the flock. Most smaller than a Canada Goose, shorter beaks and more slope to forehead. A few larger birds in the mix might have been Canada geese.

As of the date of posting, the second record of this species for the Province of British Columbia.

Gray head, yellow chest and belly, greenish back, small pointed black bill, incomplete white eye ring. Flitting movements.