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Gull ID in Pennsylvania, US - February (1 Viewer)

Jefferson Shank

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Can you ID these Gulls for me?

They were flying over a landfill in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Taken in February.
 

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More Gull Pictures

Here are a few more pictures... I think they are all the same kind of Gull.
 

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all but pic 6 are ring-billed gulls, 6 is a herring gull.

Lou, it is very difficult to be sure with distant photographs like these, but I suspect that pic 6 shows a Ring-billed Gull too, even though it is heavily marked on head and breast. Among other characters, the primary pattern looks very odd for American Herring Gull. For instance, the amount of black on p6-7 appears too limited for this species.
 
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