Friday, January 14, 2022

SEABIRDS FAR FROM THE SEA

This is the municipal pier of the little town of Grafton, Illinois. It's up the Mississippi from the area of the last few days' pictures. The lighthouse is just for show. It is surprising to see birds that look like seagulls in the middle of the continent but I suppose the vast river environment provides a home to wildlife like we might see around Lake Michigan, almost 300 miles away.                 

2 comments:

Stefan Jansson said...

So a fake lighthouse!

William Kendall said...

All the gulls here scatter south during the winter.