Franklin’s Gull
Larus pipixcan
The Franklin’s Gull nests in the Canadian interior and migrates as far as Argentina to winter. They build floating nests, often in prairie wetlands. The population has declined by over 78% since 1966. Habitat loss has been the biggest threat, but the creation of national wildlife refuges has helped their numbers recover somewhat.

Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: Antelope Island State Park is one of the most memorable birding locations I've had the pleasure of visiting. It sits north of Salt Lake City Utah near the community of Layton. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:17 7:00 |
Location:
Antelope Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X5101-AntelopeIsland |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: Antelope Island State Park is one of the most memorable birding locations I've had the pleasure of visiting. It sits north of Salt Lake City Utah near the community of Layton. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:17 7:08 |
Location:
Antelope Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X5244-AntelopeIsland |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: Antelope Island State Park is one of the most memorable birding locations I've had the pleasure of visiting. It sits north of Salt Lake City Utah near the community of Layton. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:17 7:23 |
Location:
Antelope Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X5402-AntelopeIsland |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: Feeding on Brine Flies. Antelope Island State Park is one of the most memorable birding locations I've had the pleasure of visiting. It sits north of Salt Lake City Utah near the community of Layton. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:17 7:31 |
Location:
Antelope Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X5526-AntelopeIsland |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: Hanging out with Red-Necks (Phalaropes). Antelope Island State Park is one of the most memorable birding locations I've had the pleasure of visiting. It sits north of Salt Lake City Utah near the community of Layton. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:17 7:33 |
Location:
Antelope Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X5617-AntelopeIsland |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: Feeding on Brine Flies. Antelope Island State Park is one of the most memorable birding locations I've had the pleasure of visiting. It sits north of Salt Lake City Utah near the community of Layton. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:17 7:34 |
Location:
Antelope Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X5655-AntelopeIsland |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: First summer birds at Antelope Island State Park, one of the most memorable birding locations I've had the pleasure of visiting. It sits north of Salt Lake City Utah near the community of Layton. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:18 10:37 |
Location:
Antelope Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X6992-AntelopeIsland |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: Antelope Island State Park is one of the most memorable birding locations I've had the pleasure of visiting. It sits north of Salt Lake City Utah near the community of Layton. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:18 10:42 |
Location:
Antelope Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X7103-AntelopeIsland |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: First summer birds loafing at Antelope Island State Park, one of the most memorable birding locations I've had the pleasure of visiting. It sits north of Salt Lake City Utah near the community of Layton. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:18 10:58 |
Location:
Antelope Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X7415-AntelopeIsland |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: These gulls seemed to be foraging on mosquitoes and other small insects. Location is the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, south of Klamath Falls Oregon in California. |
Date Taken: 2016:05:05 11:58 |
Location:
Lower Klamath NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D720500-FranklinsGull |
© 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: Cibola NWR, South of Blyth, CA. In Arizona near the Colorado River. |
Date Taken: 2004:04:02 14:25 |
Location:
Goose Loop |
Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 |
File Name: JCD_6445FranklinsGull |
© 2004 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: These gulls seemed to be foraging on mosquitoes and other small insects. Location is the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, south of Klamath Falls Oregon in California. |
Date Taken: 2016:05:05 13:16 |
Location:
Lower Klamath NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: D720702-FranklinsGull |
© 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is a large wetland delta where the Bear River terminates in the Great Salt Lake. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:16 10:28 |
Location:
Bear River Bird Refuge |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/5000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X4302-BearRiver |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is a large wetland delta where the Bear River terminates in the Great Salt Lake. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:16 10:58 |
Location:
Bear River Bird Refuge |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X4513-BearRiver |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: Antelope Island State Park is one of the most memorable birding locations I've had the pleasure of visiting. It sits north of Salt Lake City Utah near the community of Layton. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:18 10:59 |
Location:
Antelope Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/22.0, 1/800 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X7458-AntelopeIsland |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: Feeding on Brine Flies. Antelope Island State Park is one of the most memorable birding locations I've had the pleasure of visiting. It sits north of Salt Lake City Utah near the community of Layton. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:17 7:43 |
Location:
Antelope Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X5775-AntelopeIsland |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: First summer birds at Antelope Island State Park, one of the most memorable birding locations I've had the pleasure of visiting. It sits north of Salt Lake City Utah near the community of Layton. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:18 10:24 |
Location:
Antelope Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X6870-AntelopeIsland |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: Where the Klamath River feeds into Lake Ewauna at Veteran's Park in Klamath Falls Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2015:06:04 17:59 |
Location:
Veteran's Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: D3X8513-FranklinsGull |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: I met this bird mingling in a flock of Ring-Billed Gulls where the Klamath River feeds into Lake Ewauna at Veteran's Park in Klamath Falls Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2015:06:04 17:59 |
Location:
Veteran's Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: D3X8512-FranklinsGull |
© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: Hanging out with Red-Necks (Phalaropes). Antelope Island State Park is one of the most memorable birding locations I've had the pleasure of visiting. It sits north of Salt Lake City Utah near the community of Layton. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:17 6:45 |
Location:
Antelope Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X4889-AntelopeIsland |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Franklin's Gull(Larus pipixcan) |
Description: First summer birds at Antelope Island State Park, one of the most memorable birding locations I've had the pleasure of visiting. It sits north of Salt Lake City Utah near the community of Layton. |
Date Taken: 2017:08:17 7:00 |
Location:
Antelope Island |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: FranklinsGull_D5X5103-AntelopeIsland |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |

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