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Glaucous-winged Gull

Contributors: Bob Yutzy

In northern California, we usually have to search though the regular Ring-billed and California Gulls to find the odd immature gull or two to get good birds on our various county counts. This year we had this immature (first winter) Glaucous-winged, a second year Thayer's, and an immature herring Gull to add to our numbers.

Glaucous-winged Gull
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