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Larus glaucescens
White body.Grey wings with white tips. Tail feathers are grey with white markings-spots. The bill is yellow orange color.There a prominent red-orange spot on the part of the bill..The legs are orange-yellow. They sound like this. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/glauc...
Tropical like climate. Near Pacific Ocean.
Beautiful day at the beach.There are many species of birds here at any given time. We grew up calling them Seagulls.
Spotted on Mar 20, 2011
Submitted on Dec 10, 2012
3 Comments
Hello Ava T-B. No worries. However, after enlarging the photo a bit, I discovered there are 2 different birds in my photo. The front one is the Glaucous-winged Gull. It has a prominent red-orange spot on the bill. The gull in the back does not. It has a black marking and unlike the Gull in the front it has a 2 toned grey tail. So I am searching. Thanks again for the link. It has helped.
I think you're right. I've never seen a glaucous winged gull -- sorry for the mistake. I'll delete my ID.
Hello Ava T-B.
My entire life we grew up simply calling them Seagulls.
Thank you the link. I checked it out.
I think they are Glaucous-winged Gulls because they're tail feathers aren't black. They are grey. Also they have white on the tips of their wings.