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Nick Komar | profile | all galleries >> Birds >> Large Gulls >> Mystery Gulls >> Mystery Gull F: Runt California Gull tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Mystery Gull F: Runt California Gull

This gull was photographed and digiscoped on 31 October 2008 at Horsetooth Reservoir near Fort Collins in Larimer County, Colorado. Expert opinions support an identification of 1st-cycle California Gull, but its small size is exceptional, closer to Ring-billed Gulls (seen in foreground of the first photo) than California Gulls (the predominant gull in this flock). There is an adult Herring Gull in the photos also, for comparison.

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