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Heermann's Gull

Larus heermanni

Photo by DonnaPomeroy
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Field Notes

Description:

First winter plumage

Notes:

The strikingly marked Heermann's Gull is common along the West Coast of the United States. This gray-bodied, white-headed gull breeds in Mexico and then moves north along the Pacific Coast to southern British Columbia.

Reference Links:

Heermann's Gull, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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