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First Winter Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus atricilla,

Photo by moralcoral
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Field Notes

Description:

Laughing Gulls take three years to reach adult plumage. Immature birds are always darker than most similar-sized gulls other than Franklin's. First-year birds are greyer below and have paler heads than first-year Franklin's, and second-years can be distinguished by the wing pattern and structure.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
moralcoral
yes good spot i found a few similar ID's lets hope they are correct too! http://web.me.com/wesleyddavis2/Birds/content/_MG_2538.html
Ava T-B
It's possible that this is a first-winter (Oct-Mar) Laughing gull -- Larus atricilla

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