Gulls, birders and food. The 15th Annual IOS Gull Frolic was a great time yesterday. Birders from all around Illinois and beyond were in attendance. It was a frigid day, but despite that members were out in full force on the board walk, checking off all of our winter gull species (10 Thayer’s, 3 Iceland, 3 Glaucous, 4 Great Black-backed and 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls among several hundred Herring Gulls).
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| Adult Lake Michigan Gull (Thayer's/Kumlien's). |
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| 3rd Cycle Thayer's Gull. |
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| 2nd Cycle Thayer's Gull. |
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| 1st Cycle Thayer's Gull. |
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| Adult Lake Michigan Gull. |
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| Adult Herring & Kumlien's Gulls. |
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| 3rd Cycle Type Herring and Thayer's Gulls. |
A few snaps from the day:
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| Lunch in the Main Room. |
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| Illinois Young Birders posing here with the legendary Kenn Kaufman. |
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| Amar Ayyash with one of the Gull Frolic pioneers, David B Johnson. |
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| Museum specimens from Chicago's Field Museum. |
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Nandu Dubey giving away another of his fine paintings in our raffle. Our lucky
winner was Stephen Wild.
(photo courtesy Anima Bajpai Dubey) |
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| Amar Ayyash, Kenn Kaufman and Joel Greenberg. |
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| A small sample of the 150+ birders in attendance. |
The 2017 Gull Frolic will be on February 11th. Mark. Your. Calendars.
