Mr. Bonaparte

This species is named after a nephew of Napoleon, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, who was a leading ornithologist in the 1800s in America and Europe. Because they breed in the Far North, these beautiful gulls are most often seen on lakes and rivers during migration or along the coast in winter. They keep to themselves, seldom joining the larger gulls at dumps. They feed in tidal inlets and at sewage outlets, picking scraps of food from the water. During spring migration, they may often be seen flying northward along large rivers such as the Hudson and the Mississippi.

This fellow came to use with a non-repairable broken right wing at the wrist. The wing was amputated at the wrist, so this bird is non-releasable. Cindy is actively trying to find a licensed facility to place him.