North American Gull Conference

Gull Watching with Alvaro Jaramillo at the Space Coast Birding Festival

February 2, 2010

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com There are two really good places to watch gulls: the beach and the dump. On this particular morning during the Space Coast Birding Festival we went to the dump on a field trip led by gull expert extraordinaire Alvaro Jaramillo of Field Guides. I shot this short video during [...]

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Gull Identification Practice–At the Dump!

January 28, 2010

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com After our class on gull I.D. at the Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival we headed over to the Brevard County Landfill and rode a bus to the top of “Mount Brevard,” as it was called by Erin from Brevard’s Solid Waste facility who escorted us to the top [...]

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Identifying Gulls – A Field Trip to Brevard County Landfill

January 6, 2010

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com Many people have never been to a landfill–you know, the place where the garbage collectors take your trash. So many folks would be surprised to learn that one of the best places to observe and identify gulls (that’s “seagulls” for you novices) is at a landfill where there is [...]

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Daytona Beach Gull Watch

November 17, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com. Did you know that Daytona Beach is considered “the Gull Mecca of East Central Florida?”  No? Neither did I. But you can come and find out what gull watching is all about during the Beach Gull Watch event which is part of the North American Gull Conference 2010. When: [...]

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Gull Watching with Alvaro Jaramillo

November 14, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com Gull watching is addictive. Find out what its all about at the North American Gull Conference coming up in January 2010 in Titusville, Florida. Alvaro Jaramillo will be helping birders learn to identify gulls through classroom instruction and field experience. The North American Gull Conference is being held in [...]

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North American Gull Conference 2010 Schedule

October 12, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com. The North American Gull Conference 2010 is a special feature of the 13th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival and is co-hosted by the Volusia County Marine Science Center. The event will be held in Titusville, Florida from January 27 through February 1, 2010. Following is a quick [...]

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What Gull is This?

October 6, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com. Any gull enthusiasts out there? Can you help me out on identifying the gull above? Is it a laughing gull? Click photos to enlarge. I’ve been reading about the North American Gull Conference coming up in Titusville, Florida in Jan-Feb 2010, so I went through my gull photos because [...]

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