Thayer's Gull (thayeri)

(last update: January 22, 2013)

Thayer's Gull adult E1 February 21 2009, Perpetua Bank pelagic trip off Newport, Oregon , US. Picture: Greg Gillson.

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This bird was banded as a chick on 25 July, 2005. It was banded on St. Helena Island in Canada's high Arctic. The Island is situated just off of Cape Vera, Devon Island, Nunavut. Banded by Karel Allard as part of a Canadian Wildlife Service study.
Dark eyed bird, with yellow ring, black code probably E1. No sub-terminal black on P5. Greater primary coverts all grey, but still some black along the culmen.

Cape Vera is an uninhabited headland on Devon Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Protruding off of the island's northwestern Colin Archer Peninsula, it faces Jones Sound. Often, a polynya forms in the Cardigan Strait, a waterway that separates the cape from North Kent Island.
Cape Vera, approximately 8 km (5 mi) in size, with an elevation up to 245 m (804 ft) above sea level, is characterized by open sea, coastal cliffs, grassy to bare-rock cliff ledges, scree, and boulders. The rocky, marine shore, of limestone formation, is approximately 300 ft (91 m) in width.
The cape is notable as a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU053), an International Biological Program site (Region 9, #2-11) and a Key Migratory Bird Terrestrial Habitat site. Notable bird species include Northern Fulmar and Common Eider. Colonial Seabirds are also attracted to this remote, High Arctic site. (wikipedia).