apparent first winter Glaucous x Herring Gull hybrid (Nelson's Gull) Newby Island Landfill, Santa Clara Co, 8 March 2000
photos courtesy of Mike Rogers, copyright 2000
comments by Steve Hampton
Fig 1) From this view, one might be tempted to say it's a darkish
Glaucous Gull.
Fig 2) In flight, however, note the rather dark outer primaries,
secondaries, and tail band.
