Iceland Gull at Green Pond ~ March 15, 2026

I did a mid-afternoon check of Green Pond since the rains have filled up the flooded field, creating some good habitat. There were about two hundred gulls there. As I scanned through them, I spottted an adult Iceland Gull in among 111 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 American Herring Gulls, and around 150 Ring-billeds.

Iceland Gull

Also present were 400 Snow Geese, 55 Mallards, 9 American Black Ducks, a Green-winged Teal, and 9 Killdeer. Paul Shanahan, who lives in the adjacent development, was driving by and stopped to ask me if there was anything interesting there. I told him that there was an Iceland Gull there, so he parked, and I got him on it. Soon after, a Bald Eagle flew over and scattered the gulls. I got these photos of it as it flew off.

Iceland Gull

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