Laughing Gull
Description
The American Kestrel isDuring the Americas'breeding smallest falcon. It’s aroundseason, the sizeadult ofLaughing Gull has a Rockdark Dovegrey (pigeon)back and haswings, similara markingswhite onchest itsand faceundersides, asand a black head. In the Peregrine Falcon. I see it most often atoffseason, the parkbird’s perchedblack onhead powerturns lines white it surveys the field. It does this cool maneuver where it flaps fast and hovers in the air while it looks for a meal.white.
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First observation
| 📆 | 08/16/2014 |
| 📍 | Long |
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| Male |
Female |
Unknown |
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| 📸 | ✔️ | |||
| 🎙️ |
Experiences & anecdotes
12/16/20225/21/22 - -I Whenlove the Laughing Gull. My husband and I livedfrequently ingo California,down Ito onlyCorpus sawChristi, thisTX birdto occasionally.walk Whilealong Ithe wasbeach. inThe Huntingtonhilarious Beach,calls Iof rememberthe aLaughing KestrelGulls flutteringcan aroundbe aheard parkfrom field.every Itdirection. wasThe perching on various power poles and would flutterones in the airtouristy area we frequent seem to be surveying for food scraps. Their heads are black during breeding season and zipwhite around. I stalked it aroundin the fieldoff watching it with my binoculars.
Nowadays, here in Texas, we see them all the time. I almost always spot them on power lines at Pearsall Park. Most aren’t skittish and will let me walk underneath them while they stay perched on the lines.season.
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Audio recordings
ComingML244685801-soon0:08- Listen to the hilarious laugh of the Laughing Gull. It always brings a smile to our faces as we walk underneath these birds perched atop street lights along the coast of Corpus Christ, Texas.