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A dark backed adult Herring Gull (center bird)
This individual looks like a Herring Gull except for the darker mantle. It also has a deeper red spot on the gonys than I have seen on a Herring. It may have some Lesser Black-backed genes somewhere back in it's lineage or a pigmentation problem.
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