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Nick Komar | all galleries >> Birds >> Birds of the USA (483 species) >> Shorebirds, Gulls, Terns, Jaegers, Alcids >> Gulls > Western Gull (late 1st cycle, in flight)
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22-FEB-2006 Half Moon Bay, California

Western Gull (late 1st cycle, in flight)

Larus occidentalis

This matches the photo of a bird labeled as "1st-winter" by KM Olsen (#188, p. 175, Gulls of North America, Europe and Asia, (c)2004). However, I wonder if it isn't a 2nd-cycle bird in its third calendar year.

Nikon Coolpix 5700
1/2000s f/5.3 at 71.2mm iso200 full exif

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