American Herring Gull (smithsonianus)

(last update: October 30, 2015)

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

American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) V72 5th-6th cycle (5CY-7CY), 2017 & 2018, Salisbury Beach State Park - Salisbury MA. Picture: Dave Adrien & Dan Prima.

See website: The Gulls Of Appledore. V72 was banded as a chick on July 19 2012 on Appledore Island.

below: American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) V72 7th cycle (7CY), November 05 2018, Salisbury State Reservation. Salisbury, MA. Picture: Dan Prima.

Outer primaries still growing.

below: American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) V72 6th cycle (7CY), January 11 2018, Salisbury State Reservation. Salisbury, MA. Picture: Dan Prima.

Much black on bill.

below: American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) V72 5th cycle (6CY), January 03 2017, Salisbury Beach State Park - Salisbury MA. Picture: Dave Adrien.

V72 was observed in a mixed gulls roosting in the parking lot – 150 plus birds. Together with green band ARU, a 1st cycle Great Black-backed Gull. ARU is one of Ron Ronconi's birds. Ron banded only 4 GBBG chicks on Kent Island, New Brunswick, this summer and this is one of them.