More beautiful/elegant Bonaparte’s Gull on Lake Erie in the general vicinity of Presque Isle State Park.
Inquiring minds want to know: named after Charles Lucien Bonaparte, French naturalist/ornithologist & nephew of NapoleonĀ I.
On Lake Erie off Chautauqua Park:
Breeding adult plumage (e.g., black head):
Between South Pier and North Pier:
Elegant, indeed!
The kind of bird who would ask ‘for the wine menu, thank you’.. š