adult (California, USA; 2007-02-15)


Glaucous-winged Gull
Larus glaucescens

Native Range: North America and Eurasia

Notes: large, bulky, uniformly colored gull best told from similar-sized Western Gull and Herring Gull by lack of contrast between primary feathers and the rest of the wing and body.

first-winter bird; relatively brownish (California, USA; 2006-12-25)
first-winter bird (California, USA; 2007-01-20)

first-winter bird (California, USA; 2007-01-20)
first-winter bird (California, USA; 2009-01-18)
second-winter bird, dorsal view (California, USA; 2009-03-28) second-winter bird (California, USA; 2009-03-28)
note absence of contrast of primaries (California, USA; 2009-03-28) adult or subadult (California, USA; 2007-02-15)