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apparent second winter Glaucous x Herring Gull hybrid (Nelson's Gull)
photos courtesy of Mike Rogers, copyright 1998
comments by Steve Hampton

Fig 1) The combination of marbled tertials, pale eye, dark on bill, and mixture of adult gray and brown on the upperparts mark this as a second year bird. Second year Herring Gulls can appear quite pale, but note the whitish wing coverts and pale crescents on the primaries.
Fig 2) In flight, note the very pale wing surfaces, with dark on the outer primaries and secondaries quite limited.






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