Iceland Gull at the "Forks of the Delaware" ~ January 2, 2026

I went down to the "Forks of the Delaware" to check for gulls. There was a large shelf of ice by the Free Bridge that was full of gulls. When I scanned through them, I found a first-winter Iceland Gull.

Iceland Gull

The gulls all stirred when a Bald Eagle flew by. There were also 177 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 59 American Herring Gulls present among roughly 500 Ring-billed Gulls, plus 28 Buffleheads.

Farther upriver near Martins Creek, I found 3 Common Mergansers and 2 Hooded Mergansers.

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