Chroicocephalus philadelphia*
            
               (L 13.5" WS 33" WT 7 oz)
          
         
            
               Talbot Island
               State Park
            
               02Feb2012
          
         
            
               Only gull that regularly nests in
               trees...named after Napoleon’s
               nephew Prince Charles Lucien.
          
         
            
               Note: dark bar
               across wing
          
         
            
               *formerly Larus philadelphia
          
         
            
               Riches: A dream in the night.
               Fame: A gull floating on water.
            
                      Chinese Proverb
            
                
          
         
         
         
            
               © BirdNote,
            
               Chris Peterson
          
         
         
            
               Chroicocephalus in Greek
               means color headed.