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Gull like bird Monterey Bay? Help please? (1 Viewer)

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Seen at Capitola Beach, CA. Very small. I think maybe a Kittiwake? Husband says maybe very young gull? Help please??? Thank you!!!
 
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As Nick says, it's a first-winter Bonaparte's Gull. It's not that young; it's already moulted one set of feathers to look like this - probably c.3 months or so old.
 
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