delawarensis Ring-billed Gull(last update:
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Coordinators: 1cy June 2cy Jan 3cy Jan adult Jan |
Ring-billed Gull delawarensis 1st cycle (1CY), October 09 2005, Eastham, MA. Picture: David Sibley.See David's site. A very pale and orange-toned juvenile; this bird has replaced a few body feathers with 1st-winter plumage (note dark patterned feathers in side of breast, hindneck and crown), most conspicuous on the mantle and scapulars, where the new feathers are grayish with bold dark bars. |