American Herring Gull (smithsonianus)

(last update: October 30, 2015)

American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 34F 1st-2nd cycle (2CY-3CY), March - April 2016 & January - May 2017, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT.

Please visit: Gulls of Appledore Island.

Green 34F, was banded at Appledore Island - Maine as a chick on July 13 2015. The 'A' chick in the nest (first hatched egg of the nest).

below: American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 34F 2nd cycle (3CY), May 30 2017, Maine Lobster Boats, CT. Picture: Keith Nunan.

below: American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 34F 2nd cycle (3CY), January 03 2017, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT. Picture: Frank Mantlik.

below: American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 34F 1st cycle (2CY), April 04 2016, Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT. Picture: Keith Mueller.

Banded on Appledore Island, banded as pullus on 2015. See website: The Gulls Of Appledore.

Moult score: US: 100%, LS: 75-99%, TOT SCAPS: 75-99%. All wing-coverts, tertials, rectrices and visible outer primaries still juvenile.

below: American Herring Gull (smithsonianus) 34F 1st cycle (2CY), March 20 2016, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT. Picture: Donna Rae Henault Caporaso.

All scaps replaced. All coverts, tertials, and all visible fight feathers still juvenile. In the LUS (lower row of upper scaps) a new 3rd gen scap is visible, with a more grey-buffish base colour, again much 2nd gen like in pattern. Underparts and head are a combination of older retained juvenile feathers (now faded pale brown) and several new darker grey feathers, onwhich markings are well demarcated.