Bonaparte's Gull (Breeding Adult In Flight)

Description:

Bonaparte's Gull: This is a medium-sized gull with a black head and bill, gray back and wings and white underparts and tail. White outer primaries with black trailing edges are visible in flight. The legs are red-orange. It catches fish by wading and diving. It has a light and direct flight with rapid wing beats. It feeds mainly on insects, which it catches in mid-flight. The sexes are similar.

Habitat:

Lake Shore (Great Lakes)

Notes:

Here's a couple Intertesting Facts from WhatBird.com, http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/459/ove..., "Bonaparte's gulls are named after a nephew of Napoleon, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, who was a leading ornithologist in the 1800's in America and Europe. The smallest gull seen over most of North America, it is also the only gull that regularly nests in trees."