Western Gull

Looks like this bird was a victim of a oil spill ,when it was a fledgling.It made it thru two summers though!!
Liam , i will report this spotting of an oiled Western Gull to e bird.Along with the total count of Westerns.

My impression was another 2nd summer Western. There are no reports of Olympic at the mapped location on eBird.
If you use eBird, you can report oiled birds by marking down the number of Western Gulls and then selecting "add details">"oiled birds" when submitting a checklist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Gul...

Western Gull,1st winter juvenile?

Olympic gull?

Liam ,the shell oil refinery is right next to it. Should I report this ?

See my comment here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/230...

To me, this bird has the appearance of being slightly oiled as well. Also note the bill is malformed.

Well if it was oil under the bird should be black?

That is a great pic Ali. Does not say which type of Sea Gull though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:200306...

I think he is black!

It is wet. Even though a refinery is nearby , there has not been an oil spill.

Is it covered in oil?