larus

Hey guys, I photographed this gull in January (2021) at the beach of the Wassenaarse Slag in the Netherlands. I believe it is a juvenile Larus gull, however I am having a hard time figuring out which species it belongs to. My current best guess is Larus argentatus, but if you tell me it's a L...

From 2015. I assume this is the most common race found in Britain, argenteus, mainly on balance of probability. If anyone thinks otherwise, please say so! Thank you for your kind comments on my pictures, and good birding! John

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline, Arrowhead Marsh (Oakland, CA, USA) at around 11m. Some cooperative gulls; this seems to be a favorite hangout for them and are quite tolerant as long as you don't get too close.

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline, Arrowhead Marsh (Oakland, CA, USA) at around 11m. Some cooperative gulls; this seems to be a favorite hangout for them and are quite tolerant as long as you don't get too close.

Taken at Greenhorn Park & Reservoir (Yreka, CA, USA) at about 9m. Don't know what it is about Ring-Billed gulls; no matter where I am they are the "friendlier" ones willing to let me get really close.

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 7m. Couldn't resist this brave gull hanging-around this close to people. He was vocalizing and flailing his neck around.

Small white mirror on P10, black reaching P3, black coverts 8 outer primaries. dark markings on primary coverts.

Adult breeding plumage

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline.

Taken at the Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline at about 20m.

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 20m.

Precariously perched on a rock.

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 5m. The weather gave some really odd lighting conditions, but this gull was amazingly tolerant of people getting close. He looks all stompy and mean, doesn't he?

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 5m. The weather gave some really odd lighting conditions, but this gull was amazingly tolerant of people getting close.

Taken at the Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline, San Leandro, CA, USA at about 100m. Odd bird: appeared to be "nesting" in the middle of a huge expanse of green/brown groundcover with his bright white self for all the raptors to see.

I think this is among the most majestic gulls in the world:)

I wanted to post a photo of an endangered species, too, so here it is: Audouin's Gull. During our Mediterranean Turkey tour we saw three A.G. in the same place - one of them was even ringed! There were also Armenian and Pallas's Gulls around.

From Mersin.

This one is still in it's winter plumage. From Bosphorus.

From a boat trip in the Bosphorus. Oncw we throw a piece of bread to sea, tons of Black-headed Gull comes, and with them, comes a few Common Gulls.

Whilst photographing Black Headed Gulls on a semi frozen lake, i realised that this wasnt one? Help from the ID page and its a Med Gull, one of my first so really pleased to get a nice flight shot in the bag.

I'm just starting to study gulls at my local patch North Salmon Creek. I was amazed to find they actually pull off the mussel and swallow it shell and all, and other hard crustaceans too. I am also just starting to paint with gouache and find I really love it, I switched over for field work from...