TERNS, CORMORANTS & GULLS, WINDERMERE BASIN, HAMILTON, ON

   In Windermere Basin we photographed a mixed colony of Common Terns and Caspian Terns, interspersed with Double-crested Cormorants and Ring-billed Gulls.  The terns with black or dark legs are Caspian Terns, while the terns with orange legs are Common Terns.  You can see Ring-billed Gulls in the second and third photos and Double-crested Cormorants in all the photos, except the third and fourth.

   Also interspersed among the adult terns are chicks.  Most of these are probably Caspian Tern chicks, although we are not sure of this.