Mew Gull, Larus
canus
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![]() Mews are two-year gulls, small with a slender plain yellow bill, and prominent black wing tips as adults. They breed in western Canada and Alaska, and were the most common gull during my visit to Anchorage and Nome in 2011, where the picture above, showing a breeding plumage Mew, was taken. They are common wintering birds along the Northern California coast. |
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![]() Above and below, adult Mews on the California coast in their non-breeding plumage. |
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![]() Second-cycle winter plumage, the last immature plumage held by this two-year gull. |
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![]() First-cycle winter plumage. |
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![]() A mating pair gave me and my friends a surprise photo-op in Anchorage. |
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![]() An adult non-breeding bird in flight. |
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![]() Second-cycle winter, in flight. |
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![]() A first-cycle bird in October, photographed on a pelagic trip on Monterey Bay. |