Kentucky Ornithological Society
Six Species of Gulls in One Photo
Photo by David Roemer
Barren River State Park
25 October 2009
Ring-billed, Bonaparte's, Herring, California (adult center left preening...note slightly larger size,
darker gray upperparts
and more
prominent tertial crescent than Ring-billed; also heavy streaking on nape. This bird
appears slightly shorter-winged
than is typical for California
Gulls due to the outer 2 primaries still growing),
Lesser Black-backed (dark first-cycle bird on
the far right), and Franklin's (small, first-cycle
bird just
left
of Lesser Black-backed Gull) gulls.
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