Erie Reader

Bird of the Month: Bonaparte's Gull

One particularly interesting species in the gull group is the Bonaparte's Gull (banding code BOGU), named for Charles Lucien ...
The Facts

NATURE NOTES: Don't call a gull by the wrong name

You’ll never hear a seasoned birder using the term “seagull.” I have used the treasonous term more than once around a group ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal

Bird watchers are traveling to Kansas for a look at this 'mega-rarity'

A Ross's gull, a rare bird species typically found in Siberia, Greenland, Canada and northern Alaska, has been spotted in southwest Kansas. Bird enthusiasts from across the United States have traveled ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Southern Hemisphere Gull Seen in Wisconsin for the First Time, Drawing Tourists for a Rare Glimpse of the Out-of-Place Bird

A close-up of a kelp gull in its native habitat in Chile. This is not the individual bird seen in Wisconsin. Wolfgang Kaehler / LightRocket via Getty Images A kelp gull (Larus dominicanus)—a seabird ...
The New York Times

Helen Hays, Who Helped Bring Terns Back to Long Island Sound, Dies at 94

Beginning in 1969, she spent five months a year on Great Gull Island, leading teams of young volunteers devoted to preserving the seabirds. By Clay Risen Helen Hays, an intrepid ornithologist who for ...