Lesser Black-backed Gull
Identification: Adult- Note the dark gray/black mantle, size
dependent upon sex slightly smaller than Herring Gull, yellow legs and the
dusky
streaking on head/neck (winter).
Juvenile- Dark colored mantle and wings with pale edges, dusky head and "black eye" smug, bill dark.
Adult- Nonbreeding Plumage - Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia
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Adult- probable 4th winter (note some black on bill)- Oregon Inlet, North Carolina
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Adult- Nonbreeding plumage- Henrico County, Virginia
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3rd Yr. bird with adjacent Herring Gull at Kerr Reservoir spillway in Mecklenburg Co., Va.; note the bird does not have the apparent mass of the Herring Gull |
Probable 3rd year bird- Henrico County, Virginia |
Juvenile plumage- City of Hopewell, Virginia on November 9, 2008 |
