Sabine’s Gull

Sabine’s Gull is born along the Arctic Coast and spends its winters mainly along the Pacific Coast. It does not belong here. And yet here it was this Saturday.

Well fair’s, fair. While most migrate over oceans, some individuals do migrate far inland. And that seems to be how we came to have these juveniles. A few others have been recorded here in the past few years (one by Paul Prappas in 2018). Yet, it was new to us.

A juvenile Sabine’s Gull searches for food along the Kokanee Park coastline. Photo by Cynthia. 

Then nearly an hour later and 50 metres away, it (or a sibling) was seen again.