While out photographing common terns on Long Island, Sparrow Lake, I saw two Bonaparte's gulls at the water's edge of the ring-billed gull colony. They appear to be first year birds. They are in neither first winter nor adult non-breeding plumage. I have several pictures which I will forward to the OFO website.
Two Caspian Terns also seen loafing. Sparrow Lake is west of Hwy 11, north of the Severn River. The colonies are accessible by boat only. Eleanor Kee Wellman "All Things Wild and Wonderful" Box 823, Bala, ON, P0C 1A0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
