Thayer's Gull (thayeri)

(last update: January 22, 2013)

Thayer's Gull adult T4 September 27 2012, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Picture: Cameron Eckert.

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Yellow T4 was banded as an adult on July 10 2003 on St. Helena Island, Nunavut -- off the south end of Ellsemere Island -- about 2,400 km northeast of Whitehorse. Banded by Karel Allard as part of a Canadian Wildlife Service study.

Dark eyed bird. No sub-terminal black on P5. Greater primary coverts all grey.

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).