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Steve Davis | profile | all galleries >> Wildlife >> Birds >> lake_hefner_gulls_mar_2017 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow
On Thursday, March 30, 2017, we took Kent and Cheryl to Lake Hefner to see the "cat houses." While we were there, we took some photos of gulls and a few other birds.
Long shot near Prairie Dog Point, Lake Hefner, OKC
Ring-billed Gull in background, Bonaparte's Gulls with pink legs
and one tucked in Franklin's Gull with black legs
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Long shot near Prairie Dog Point, Lake Hefner, OKC
Ring-billed Gull in background, Bonaparte's Gulls with pink legs
and one tucked in Franklin's Gull with black legs

Two of nine Ruddy Ducks, including a male in breeding plumage
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Two of nine Ruddy Ducks, including a male in breeding plumage

Bonaparte's Gulls on the east side of Lake Hefner
Small black bill and dark ear spot
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Bonaparte's Gulls on the east side of Lake Hefner
Small black bill and dark ear spot

Herring Gull with a fish attracts attention
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Herring Gull with a fish attracts attention

Lesser Black-backed Gull
on the east side of Lake Hefner, OKC
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Lesser Black-backed Gull
on the east side of Lake Hefner, OKC

Ring-billed Gulls, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Herring Gull
east side of Lake Hefner
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Ring-billed Gulls, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Herring Gull
east side of Lake Hefner

Herring Gull with fish
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Herring Gull with fish

California Gull
east side of Lake Hefner
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California Gull
east side of Lake Hefner

Ring-billed Gulls zero in on a Herring Gull 
with a tenuous hold on its fish
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Ring-billed Gulls zero in on a Herring Gull
with a tenuous hold on its fish

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Ring-billed Gulls, Lesser Black-backed Gull,
Herring Gulls and California Gulls
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Ring-billed Gulls, Lesser Black-backed Gull,
Herring Gulls and California Gulls

Herring Gull responds to another gull and loses his catch.
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Herring Gull responds to another gull and loses his catch.

Gulls on the east side of Lake Hefner
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Gulls on the east side of Lake Hefner

Characteristic wingtip pattern on California Gull
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Characteristic wingtip pattern on California Gull

Bonaparte's and Ring-billed Gulls 
east side of Lake Hefner
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Bonaparte's and Ring-billed Gulls
east side of Lake Hefner

Gulls at Lake Hefner
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Gulls at Lake Hefner

Great Blue Heron and Gulls
east side of Lake Hefner
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Great Blue Heron and Gulls
east side of Lake Hefner

Gulls at Lake Hefner
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Gulls at Lake Hefner