The Gull on the Rocks
I am going to tentatively call this a Herring Gull — hard to say for sure because I did not see its wing tips clearly, and I am certainly not an expert on gulls (they’re more of a nuisance than anything out here). However there are several things that bother me about the id — the head and throat are speckled with dots (is this a winter plumage thing?), and in some of the pictures I can find the eye bits are not red (I can’t really tell what they’re supposed to be in my ID book, because the picture is so small).
Help from anyone who knows more about gulls than I do?
The Gull on the Rocks
09 February 2009
Moriches Inlet, NY
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Like most forums, it is free to join and has lot of bird photos also.
Alan G
March 1, 2009 at 8:35 am
Ooh, thanks, I’ll check it out!
Al F.
March 1, 2009 at 10:46 am