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© Michael G. Shepard
www.birdinfo.com
Photographed
with an Olympus C-700
Ultra Zoom
at 10x optical zoom.
Adult bird (left) photographed at the mouth of French Creek BC on
January 5, 2004.
Here it is with an adult Herring Gull. It was much darker than neighboring
Thayer's, Herring and Glaucous-winged Gulls. It appeared larger than
Thayer's and Herring but smaller than Glaucous-winged. The bill was
stouter than that of Thayer's, slimmer than many Glaucous-winged, and similar to
Herring. According to Rick Toochin, this is a relatively common form of
Glaucous-winged x Herring Gull hybrid in the Vancouver BC area.
Others have suggested that the darkness fits Glaucous-winged x Western
better. Scroll down to view another photo. |
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