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Field Notes

Description:

This bird was gray, white, and light brown in color. It appears to have a stout black bill, and white arcs around the eyes.

Habitat:

I spotted this bird sitting on the sand along the shoreline.

Notes:

I would really like some help with an i.d. I did quite a bit of research but to no avail. I had no idea there was such variation in the plumage of shorebirds between juveniles, adults, and breeding adults. I was thinking that this is possibly a Laughing gull or perhaps a Franklin's gull. Then again maybe it is not a gull at all...lol.

Species ID Suggestions

Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus atricilla

Reference Link
Robert Emond
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Comments (2)
Robert Emond
The Franklin is more apt to be inland, have a smaller bill and the eye arcs can be more pronounced

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Birds of the World
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Shorebirds of the Gulf Coast
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PublishedJune 24, 2019

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