Glaucous-winged Gull - Sharon Dewart-Hansen
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Date

Location

Lewis and Clark County Landfill (permission required)
Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 46.6736646, -111.8804154
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Juvenile. Photos. Initially submitted as Iceland Gull (Thayer's.) Per Nate Kohler, Subsequent discussion concluded that this individual possessed more characters consistent with those of a juvenile Glaucous-winged. Images included. Selected comments from FB North American Gulls Group: Shonn Morris This bird is definitely GWGU perhaps not a completely pure looking bird due to the darker wingtips but certainly close enough as everything else fits. A smaller billed bird like this I believe come from the north like Alaska north and don’t fit the PNW phenotype most are used to. Alvaro Jaramillo That looks like a Glaucous-winged. Apart from the feather features, look at the dense darkness on the "shins" of the bird. This is very typical of young glaucous-wings.

Technical information

Model
COOLPIX P900
ISO
100
Focal length
357 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/6.5
Shutter speed
1/500 sec
Dimensions
3509 pixels x 2633 pixels
Original file size
1.24 MB