Breeders Iceland Killing 
10,000 Birds
JUNE 29, 2013
We boarded the 8:40 pm red-eye from JFK to Reykjavik on May 28; the intention was to sleep on the plane but with the excitement of travel and possibilities swirling around my head I didn’t sleep a wink (*tip – Iceland Air offers free stopovers for up to seven days as you travel from the US to Europe!
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2022
Eagle-eyed Pat spotted a Lesser Black-backed Gull in nonbreeding plumage and other birders that week noted a Thayer’s Gull (which we may have seen too–I mean, who expects Iceland Gull in April?). This was a mature bird and if I lightened this photo you’d be able to see the red gular sac deflated against its chest.
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