One of my birding stops today was Grant Park in Milwaukee County. One of the highlights was a steady stream of Bonaparte’s Gulls heading south. Another highlight was a small flock of Caspian Terns on the beach. The first ones of the year are always so cool to see. The Caspian Terns were hanging out with Ring-billed Gulls and a couple of Bonaparte’s Gulls on the beach until some beach folks came along and then the terns flew south. Also flying by were a couple good size flocks of first of the year Double-crested Cormorants. A fun day out with lots of new birds for the year! Images were taken on April 14, 2016.
Caspian Tern
Caspian Tern, I see a band on this one…..I’ll have to look into that.
Caspian Terns
Caspian Tern
Caspian Tern
Caspian Tern
Caspian Tern
Caspian Terns hanging out with Ring-billed Gulls and a Bonaparte’s Gull
Caspian Terns
Bonaparte’s Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull, not sure what this was, was it picking off a bug?
Bonaparte’s Gulls all heading south today!
Bonaparte’s Gull hanging out in the water
Bonaparte’s Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Double-crested Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
All I can say is…spectacular!
Awesome pics Jim. We did see many Bonaparte’s in the past few days as well. They are awesome but the Caspian is very handsome, for a gull. I can’t say we’ve ever seen Caspians in our area.
Caspian Terns? How cool. I don’t know how I missed this one. They always make me think of the ocean and warm breezes. Love the gulls & cormorants too.