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Quiz Solution

1. male Ring-billed Gull (pale mantle, yellow legs, small size but still large for its species)
2. female American Herring Gull (pale mantle, large size but small for its species)
3. female Ring-billed Gull
4. California Gull (yellowish legs, heavy streaking on head)
5. female Lesser Black-backed Gull (small for its species, charcoal mantle, yellow legs)
6. male second-winter Lesser Black-backed Gull (large for its species, charcoal back with dark brown wings)
7. California Gull (smallish size, small head, medium gray mantle, greenish legs)
8. Putative third-winter Thayer's Gull (large size, round head, dark eye, small bill)
9. California Gull (smallish size, medium gray mantle)
10. First-winter American Herring Gull (large size, heavy bill)
11. Unidentified - from this view, can't rule out juveniles of several candidate species including Thayer's Gull, American Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull.
12. California Gull (greenish legs, smallish size, medium gray mantle, smudged nape)
13. California Gull (medium gray mantle, smallish head)
14. Ring-billed Gull or California Gull (small size, yellow legs)
15. American Herring Gull (large size, pink legs)


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