Gull Mania Point Pelee Tip

For some reason I headed to Point Pelee this morning.  I should have been there 24h earlier when an apparent Royal Tern was sitting on the Tip!  I heard about it this morning when I arrived.  The original observers were there first thing.

There was a strong easterly wind and gulls were everywhere.  There were very few Bonaparte's, unlike last weekend, but other species were present.  Most were Ring-billed, but lots of Herring, some Great Black-backed and several Lesser Black-backed.  In fact there were at least ten (10) Lessers around, and certainly more.





Four were older birds, but the rest were immatures.

Only a couple of Caspian Terns made an appearance.  Not much else in variety.

I did not check other parts of the park since it was very windy, gloomy and too many people!