Alaska field notes, v1299
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481 Gilmore BONAPARTE GULL Laurus philadelphia 1931 May 15, 1931 Seymour Narrows - Today at the east end of the narrows I saw several large flocks of these pretty tern-like gulls. One flock was flying east & south along the east shore & seemed to be traveling steadily without stopping & forage. The other flocks were encountered in the narrows as they were resting on the surface. The boat caused them to make flight but there seemed to be no foraging. All were apparently in flocks & evidently migrating !! May 16 - Luce Charlotte St.- Finlayson Charn. Several flocks - Migrating north? Sept. 25. Unalaska, Unalaska, S. Aleutian, Spec. no. 2197 was taken from a large flock of 500+ Pacific Kittiwakes with whom they associate. They appear to be immatures & are not very common. They look Too large to me for Bonaparte Gulls but I don't know what else they Can be.