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A glaucous-winged gull was spotted in Lake County this week. The glaucous-winged is a rare gull here that normally lives in the western United States, Alaska and northern Canada. In winter, it ...
The Western is stockier and broader-winged, with a more bulbous-tipped black bill; lacks pale inner primary panel. On older immatures, note overall shape, bill structure, and upperwing pattern.
Identification Medium-size, 3-cycle gull with sloping head, medium-size bill. On adult, note yellow legs, pale eyes, and neat “ring bill.” Breeding adult: pale gray upperparts; black wing tip ...
In this Bird of the Week segment, Stacia Brezinski with the Maine Audubon tells us all about the herring gull.
Great Black-backed Gull . The plumage of juvenile and immature great black-backed gulls initially has a complex pattern of black/brown/white showing more contrast than on other yo ...
Description: A small gull, some 38 to 44 cm long, with a 94 to 105 cm wingspan. The wing has a white leading edge that can be seen in flight (see photo), and the primary wing feathers are tipped ...
He initially thought it might be a lesser black-backed gull ... Ayyash was able to get enough documentation, including open wing images, to say with certainty: it was a kelp gull. "Everything added up ...
A kelp gull has been spotted in Milwaukee under the Hoan Bridge, the first confirmed sighting of the species in Wisconsin.
The black-headed gull died from its injuries after its elbow and right wing were shattered by the metal shot in Gravesend, Kent.