It’s the last week of June and the chicks are here!

Cambie Nest

Three chicks at Cambie Nest. They were quite active, wandering around the nest site.

Cambie Nest chicks

Close-up of two of the three chicks.

Culinary Nest

The two chicks and a parent napping.

Corner Nest

I found it disconcerting that there was no adult gull with these chicks (and unhatched egg). There was a gull (perhaps two) chasing another as I was approaching the site, and I suspect they were the parents from this nest. You can see these chicks are much younger than the previous photos.

Brick Nest

One adult gull brooding.

Old Bridge Nest

One of the parents briefly left the nest when I was watching. From my vantage point I couldn’t see into the nest well, but there’s no sign of chicks.

Continental Nest

At least one chick was visible, and I caught a parent carefully passing food to it.

Crossfit Nest

At least one chick here, possibly more hidden in the nest.

University Nest

I was able to confirm this nest is active again this year. One gull on the nest, another nearby preening.

Umbrella Nest

On my last visit I couldn’t locate this nest, but it is indeed active.

Napping gull

A sleepy gull atop a lamppost on the Granville Street Bridge.

On lookout

This adult was involved in the chase I mentioned above at Corner Nest. Possibly one of the parents at that nest.

Banded gull

It was quite far off, but I spotted this banded gull on Granville Island from the bridge. I reported it to the Salish Sea Gull Project, and got back the information below:

Banded Gull sighting map

Most of the reports of this bird (five of the seven) are from Comox, 130km north-west of Vancouver – chances are that’s where it was originally banded. My sighting is the pin beside the Vancouver text, and the lower pin is a sighting from White Rock, a popular destination for gulls.

QGIS map

The latest map.

Until next time.

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