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 2cy March

Description of 1st summer plumage

East coast birds

Hybrid smithsonianus x graellsii 1st & 2nd cycle F02 March & December 2009 & February 2010. Photos by Blair Nikula & Mitchell Harris.
American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 1st & 2nd cycle (2CY) M04 February - March, December 2012, New Haven Harbor, Connecticut. Picture: Keith Mueller.
American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 1st & 2nd cycle N83 March 2009 & February 24 2010, Cocoa Landfill, Brevard County, FL. Photo: Mitchell Harris.
American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) U86 1st cycle (2CY), March 29 2015, Buttermilk Bay, Buzzards Bay, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Picture: Steve Arena.
American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 16C 1st-2nd cycle (2CY), March & November 2015, Hampton, New Hampshire. Picture: Steve Arena, Robbie & Colleen Prieto.
American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 33F 1st cycle (2CY), March 29 2016, Long Beach, Stratford, Connecticut. Picture: Frank Mantlik.
American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 34F 1st cycle (2CY), March - April 2016, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT. Picture: Keith Mueller & Donna Rae Henault Caporaso.
American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 65F 1st cycle (2CY), March 25 2016, Long Beach, Stratford, CT. Picture: Donna Rae Henault Caporaso.
American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 1st cycle (2CY) 0846-04270March 15 2006, McCarty Landfill, Houston, TX. Picture: Martin Reid.
American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 1106-21207 1st cycle (2CY), March 07 2015, Dartmouth, NS. Picture: Jim Edsall.
American Herring Gull (smithsonianus), 1st cycle (2CY), March 02 2012, Gloucester, MA. Picture: Suzanne Sullivan.
American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 2cy (1st cycle), March 02 2013, Circle Beach, Connecticut. Picture: Keith Mueller.

South coast birds

American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 2cy (1st cycle), March 19 2009, Conn Brown Harbor - Aransas Pass, Texas. Picture: Tripp Davenport.

Great Lakes birds

American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 1st cycle (2CY), March 04 2012, Whiting, IN. Picture: Amar Ayyash.