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Gull ID

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Posted by Douglas Graham on June 9, 2011 at 8:49 AM
Gull ID
I have looked at a ton of gulls and I think this is a immature gull but not sure which one. He is big 4.5 to 5 foot wing span.
Posted by David Graham on June 9, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Looks like a tube-nose. Howzabout a big shearwater or petrel rather than a gull? I'm lookin' t'learn!
Naah....scratch petrel...too big...
I'll stick w/ one of the big shearwaters. When I can get to Sibley I might refine that a bit.

Dave Graham
East River, SD
Posted by Jim DeWitt on June 9, 2011 at 11:04 PM
My vote is a first winter Ring-billed Gull moving into summer plumage. I'm relying the neck, the extensive checkering on the breast and the pale mid-wing panels.

But without the date and location of the photo, and some alternate views, it's just a guess Doug.
Posted by Douglas Graham on June 10, 2011 at 6:20 AM
It was this week and its on the coast of NC. Ill dig in and see if I have another frame.
Posted by Douglas Graham on June 10, 2011 at 6:27 AM
This is all I have. I only popped off 4 frames
Posted by Douglas Graham on June 10, 2011 at 8:01 AM
This is all I have. I only popped off 4 frames
Posted by Jim DeWitt on June 10, 2011 at 9:15 PM
I'll stand by my Ring-billed Gull call, and add that sub-adult Ring-bills hang out on the mid-Atlantic seaboard. YMMV.