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Glaucous
Gull, Larus hyperboreus
2nd Calendar Year, January 2005
Salisbury Landfill, Maryland,
USA
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The primaries on this bird are slightly darker than the
rest of the upperparts and the tertials also have muddy centers.
However otherwise It seemed a pretty classic Glaucous - very
large, bigger than any smithsonianus around, and the bill looks
good for Glaucous. Perhaps a dark bird originally and for some reason
the primaries/tertials have faded the least, or maybe it has some
Herring genes?
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Here is a comparison of head and bill profile of this
bird with adult Great Black-back and American Herring.
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