Bonaparte’s Gull is a small gull with a black hood, black bill, and pink/red legs. When seen in the lower 48 states it is often in its non-breeding basic plumage in which the black hood is reduced to just a dark ear spot.
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Bonaparte’s Gull – basic plumage
Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation Area, Belton, TX
March 29, 2011 ©John Schwarz
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Bonaparte’s Gull – alternate plumage
Goose Lake, Anchorage, AK
June 3, 2008 ©John Schwarz
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Bonaparte’s Gull – basic plumage
Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation Area, Belton, TX
March 29, 2011 ©John Schwarz
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Bonaparte’s Gull – basic plumage
Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation Area, Belton, TX
March 29, 2011 ©John Schwarz
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Bonaparte’s Gulls – basic plumage
Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation Area, Belton, TX
March 29, 2011 ©John Schwarz
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Bonaparte’s Gull – alternate plumage
Goose Lake, Anchorage, AK
June 3, 2008 ©John Schwarz
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Bonaparte’s Gull – basic plumage
Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation Area, Belton, TX
March 29, 2011 ©John Schwarz
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Bonaparte’s Gull (left) – (note smallest in size compared to larger Franklin’s Gulls and very large Herring Gull)
Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation Area, Belton, TX
March 29, 2011 ©John Schwarz
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Bonaparte’s Gull – first cycle
Merritt Island NWR, Titusville, FL
January 12, 2006 ©John Schwarz
