Nature Canada

Bird Tweet of the Week: Glaucous Gull

Image of a Glaucous Gull

Photo from Flickr, Ted Krug

The Glaucous Gulls are winter visitors to the Ottawa region from the coastlines of the high Arctic. This species is large in size and are almost entirely white and pale grey. One noticeable feature is their bright thick yellow bill with a red spot on the bottom near the tip. Listen to its call and a thorough description of the gull in this week’s Tweet of the Week!

Each week we introduce a new bird from the Ottawa-Gatineau area through our segment on CBC Radio’s In Town and Out. Alex MacDonald, Nature Canada’s Manager of Protected Areas, shares interesting facts about the birds that live in our communities. Be sure to tune-in to “Bird Tweet of the Week” on CBC Radio One 91.5 FM on Saturday mornings from 6am to 9am and listen to past episodes on our website.

This episode aired on Saturday, January 16th, 2016.

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