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#2 from Hoonah, Alaska (1 Viewer)
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Indobirder
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I would put 16 and 82 as Glaucous-winged
05 looks like an almost-adult Herring Gull, but it may have some other (glaucous-winged) influence as the primaries are not quite black.
05 looks like an almost-adult Herring Gull, but it may have some other (glaucous-winged) influence as the primaries are not quite black.
lou salomon
the birdonist
82 looks Glaucous-winged allright
16 is probably a 'Cook-Inlet-Gull', i.e. a hybrid Glaucous-winged x American Herring (considerably darker grey primary tips than mantle and weaker bill than in pure Glaucous-winged, although some females can match this bird)
05 looks like a 3rd cycle American Herring Gull, but can't exclude a bird with a few Glaucous Gull genes (which would be 'Nelson's Gull').
16 is probably a 'Cook-Inlet-Gull', i.e. a hybrid Glaucous-winged x American Herring (considerably darker grey primary tips than mantle and weaker bill than in pure Glaucous-winged, although some females can match this bird)
05 looks like a 3rd cycle American Herring Gull, but can't exclude a bird with a few Glaucous Gull genes (which would be 'Nelson's Gull').
