Jones Point Park is the historical southern corner of the District of Columbia. You can stand over a clear floor on top of a marker from the ~1780s. Pretty neat actually.
This sea lion is trying to rest despite the noise from nearby tourists
Hundreds of coots rafting up.
American Crows are familiar over much of the continent: large, intelligent, all-black birds with hoarse, cawing voices. They are common sights in treetops, fields, and roadsides, and in habitats ranging from open woods and empty beaches to town centers. They usually feed on the ground and eat almost anything – typically earthworms, insects and other small animals, seeds, and fruit but also garbage, carrion, and chicks they rob from nests. Their flight style is unique, a patient, methodical flapping that is rarely broken up with glides. Crows are rarely found alone.
Unlike my previous posting of a gull that I IDed as a Western, this one clearly has pink legs and an appropriately darker gray back.
A large group of them, around 20-50. They may have been en route for migration, but it is not known for sure. They were in a city environment with a lot of pollution, which may explain the discoloring of the feathers.
Found in Arabian Sea Coast, Salalah, Al-Hafa Beach
Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Chordata
Class : Aves
Order : Charadriiformes
Family : Laridae
Genus :Larus ?
Species : Larus schistisagus ?
At the Natural History Museum of LA
Western Gull drinking from pond at NHM Wildlife Gardens.