>I believe a few juvenile Californias were on the Washington outer coast
>beaches at La Push 7/16. They were with a hundred or so adult Californias
>on second beach, were the same size and build (long thin black bills,
>e.g.) and were dark with conspicuous broad light edgings to the mantle
>(back) feathers. I don't have a picture of juvenile Californias handy to
>compare with what I saw - any comments? There were half a dozen adult
>Heermans Gulls at Rialto Beach the same day.
>
>Chris Hill

Chris, you probably did see juvenile Californias, but note that one of
their primary field marks is the fact that their bill is pinkish at the
base. The juveniles of larger species of gulls have all-black bills.
Perhaps you were too far away to see the pink color.

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