The last couple weekends I have had the opportunity to check out the large
concentration of Bonaparte's gulls at Lakeview Park in Lorain.  What I found
interesting was the high percentage of these birds that had active molt
occurring  in their flight feathers.  I saw quite a few that had areas of
half-grown feathers in the primaries and secondaries.  At Conneaut yesterday
I think I saw probably 400+ Bonaparte's gulls and not a single one was
molting flight feathers.



Evidently the birds at Conneaut were a  different flock than the flock at
Lorain.  Wouldn't you think if you're seeing a high percentage of molting
birds at Lorain, you'd see them at Conneaut also.  Did the Conneaut birds
originate from a different breeding area than the Lorain flock?  They have a
pretty large breeding range, ranging from Alaska to Quebec.  Were they have
different latitudes?   It's kind of interesting.



John Pogacnik

4765 Lockwood Road

Perry, OH 44081




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