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Hi All, I was out early this morning, walked Miner's Marsh in Kentville and then drove to Canning via Fred Thomas Rd. At the north end of the road is a plowed field (Google 45.144060, -64.454532) that hosted a large flock of gulls, most (about 500) were herring gulls, I was able to pick out one adult Iceland gull, eight Greater Black Backed Gulls, and twenty Lesser Black Backed Gulls. I have never seen more than seven together at a time, this was almost unbelievable. The gulls were actively feeding on the field and did not take flight. The yellow legs were very bright in the low angle sunshine, the mantles were lighter black than the wing tips, and the Herring and Greater Black Backed Gulls that were beside them allowed for great comparison of size and identification features. I can still remember traveling to Digby and the Volvo plant in Halifax years ago to see a rare gull from Europe, the Lesser Black Backed Gull! Imagine how many there might be in Nova Scotia today, I'm sure there were many more gulls that I didn't see on the other side of the slope of this field. And there must be others in various places around the province. Cheers, George Forsyth
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