glaucescens Glaucous-winged Gull & Western Gull occidentalis(last update:
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Western Gull occidentalis ... pre-basic moult into 3rd cycle (3CY), August 03 2013, Ballona Jetty, California, USA. Picture: Mickey Long.Please visit Jamie's Flickr Photostream for more images! All of the banded WEGUs with plain color bands, found in California have been from the Southeast Farallon Islands. For every year, they start using a new colour for that cohort. This is a bird from year 'RED'. Hatch year 2011. Bird in summer in complete moult: P1-P6 replaced for 3rd gen primaries, P10 still old. Note old brown 2nd gen secondaries. |