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) 65F 1st cycle (2CY), March 25 2016, Long Beach, Stratford, CT. Picture: Donna Rae Henault Caporaso.

Please visit: Gulls of Appledore Island.

Green 65F, data still pending; probably banded at Appledore Island - Maine as a chick on July 13 2015.

All scaps replaced, the most recently replaced scaps still with a grey cast. All coverts, tertials, and all visible fight feathers still juvenile. Underparts and neck are a combination of older retained juvenile feathers (now faded pale brown) and several new darker grey feathers.