American Herring Gull (smithsonianus)

(last update: October 30, 2015)

Coordinators:
Amar Ayyash (US)
Bruce Mactavish (Canada)
Dave Brown (Canada)
Mars Muusse (Netherlands)

Olympic Gull (occidentalis x glaucescens) 1st cycle, October 28 2011, Elwha River Mouth, Clallam County, WA, USA. Picture: Steve Mlodinow.

See Steve's Flickr photostream.

Note the dark mask of a Western Gull and the rather dark plumage overall with more GW Gull like primaries (but with primary tips still too dark for that species).