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2012 November Ring-billed Gull Bird-of-the-Month

By Sheila, on October 22nd, 2012%

(See member picture gallery below). November’s bird of the month, Larus delawarensis, is one of two fairly common gulls in Palm Beach County. It’s slightly larger than Laughing Gull, our other common larid, although both are considered medium-sized gulls. The bill of the adult is yellow with a black ring (hence the common name), whereas . . . → Read More: 2012 November Ring-billed Gull Bird-of-the-Month

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2012 October Sandwich Tern Bird-of-the-Month

By Sheila, on September 18th, 2012%

(See member picture gallery below). October’s bird of the month, Sterna sandvicensis, SANDWICH TERN, is a medium-sized tern with a yellow-tipped black bill. It occurs more regularly on the west coast of Florida than our Atlantic beaches. There is, though, a Caribbean and South American (Atlantic) subspecies, the Cayenne Tern, that has an all-yellow bill. . . . → Read More: 2012 October Sandwich Tern Bird-of-the-Month

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2012 September Brown Pelican Bird-of-the-Month

By Sheila, on August 21st, 2012%

(See member picture gallery below). September’s bird of the month is a familiar sight to beachgoers here, a large, graceful soarer that is ever so ungainly on land: the Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). A large bird, it is nevertheless the smallest of the seven species worldwide; its cousin the American White Pelican is substantially larger. . . . → Read More: 2012 September Brown Pelican Bird-of-the-Month

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