[va-bird] Ringed-billed Gulls

My wife and I stopped by Bill's pond off Rte. 221 in Bedford Co. around 4:00 
PM today to check for anything unusual. There were fortysome Canada Geese on 
the water. After a few minutes it seemed like the sky opened up and 100+ 
Ring-billed Gulls landed on the pond. The first thing they did was to immerse 
their 
heads under water and splash around as if taking a bath. While this was going 
on all the geese left the water and grouped around our vehicle. When the gulls 
finished bathing they came on shore and began to preen. About 4:00 PM the 
gulls all took off at once, caught a thermal that took them up to the limits of 
naked eye view and streamed off in a southwest direction. Reminded us of the 
fall Broad-winged migration. Very entertaining and interesting to see.
Bob Epperson  


You are subscribed to VA-BIRD. To post to this mailing list, simply send email 
to va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send email to
va-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.

Other related posts: