Kelly,



This looks to me like a pretty sure-fire first-year Glaucous Gull. The bill
is distinctly two-toned like it should be (pinkish with a black tip), and
the plumage is much paler than any normal Glaucous-winged Gull would be.



Good bird, good photos!



Wayne C. Weber

Delta, BC

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[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kelly
McAllister
Sent: February-23-10 1:45 PM
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Subject: [Tweeters] Mud Bay Gull - Glaucous?



I could use some help identifying a gull that I photographed this morning at
Mud Bay in Thurston County. Here's a link to four photos:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/29002564 at N08/?saved=1



I'm tending toward juvenile Glaucous Gull.



Kelly McAllister

Olympia, Washington