Heermann's Gull - Gina Turone 🐩
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20 Polson St, Toronto CA-ON (43.6418,-79.3540)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Map Coordinates: 43.641805, -79.354042
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Cherry Street ship canals - This is the first ever record of this bird for Ontario. The day I saw this bird, I played hooky after a physio appointment. I was able to get good looks at it in flight and perched by the end of the canal. What a beautiful gull. It was easily distinguished from the other gulls by its chocolate brown colour, black tail feathers and its fleshy pink bill at the base and black tip. It was also easy to see how the lower mandible sloped downward more than other gulls. It was worth playing hooky for!

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