Oops,
A textbook-classic 2nd winter HEERMANN'S' gull was at the beach with a
bunch of subadult, gray-green legged, MEW gulls (maybe a few CA gulls
there, too!) The Heermann's was walking around along the water's edge,
and I could not help but notice how much it might resemble a dark pigeon
to a casual observer.
Again, this gull was seen at Des Moines Beach Park, low tide about 10AM,
today, Sunday, Oct 04, 1998.

Cheers,
Maureen Ellis me2 at u.washington.edu Univ of WA and Des Moines, WA

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