Bonaparte's Gull

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They are graceful in flight, more like terns.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonaparte's_Gull

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I thought Bonaparte's Gulls were Terns!...and a new bird, for me...Canvas Back Ducks might be new bird, for me, too...rolled from Mile 6 to Mile 0, and return...Cyclist was interested in why Edge Hawk, Redtail, wouldn't fly off..."Is it sick?"...and too they thought Hawk might be Owl...tried to explain...and further along pointed out Kite in Eucy, and Second Kite hovering over sandy brush river bottom..."beautiful!"...Cyclist was too!, with boyfriend in Utah...Kestrel a bit further along...and brush fire at Talbert stepped on quick by the firefighters...Ospreys at the Gulls' Shell Bombing Run (mob of Crows showed up to try and move in on Gulls' efforts!)....sat awhile thereabout and snacked--subway coldcuts and bottled water...Hawk, Coopers?, on return, and Redtail then too at the Grid...sighted like Four Redtails soaring...Ospreys have a Nest!...sunny blue smokey Januarysummer...haven't been out and about since New Years...took to my bunk to try and shake cold, which running up and down the basketball courts didn't help!...feel a bit like the direct tv add..."When you cable tv is cancelled..."...and have added hickups with gall stone to my unwanted bucket list!...got dehydrated trying to cut down on congestion and coughing...hmmph...feel better now, but need to get my conditioning back, again..