first winter in post-juvenal molt

Shows incoming darker and grayer feathers on face, chest, sides, and back

Bill is brightly bicolored. Scapulars show dark anchor patterns or shaft streaks. Upper leg (tibia) is short and looks to be a grayish-green color. The gape (line behind the bill) turns downward in appearance rather than straight as in Herring Gull.

Status in Oklahoma: RARE