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Laughing Gull (Nonbreeding)
Leucophaeus atricilla
32.75, -79.85
Field Notes
Description:
Laughing gulls take three years to reach adult plumage. This is probably an adult bird, though not yet showing breeding plumage. Juveniles are much patchier and brownish all over.
Habitat:
Habitat: Laughing Gulls are a coastal species and are only occasionally seen very far inland. Look for them in plowed fields, garbage dumps, parking lots, and shorelines. They nest, often in large numbers, on islands near the shore but safely isolated from terrestrial predators.
Notes:
Spotted on the beach at Sullivan Island, SC
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 12, 2014
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