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Glaucous Gull
gophish

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)

One of our winter gulls. We get a small number of what they call "white winged" gulls that come down in to our area during the winter. These gulls breed in the high artic and spend most of their lives far north of us.The Glaucous and the Iceland Gulls both do not have black markings on wingtips and are therefore referred to as "white winged" gulls. The younger ones, like this one, can have a kind of dusky look over all but still no defined black wingtips.
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Habitat
Open water near hydro plant
Location
Cohoes, NY
Date taken
2-6-15
Scientific name
Larus hyperboreus
Equipment used
D7100 w/50-500 sigma
carann
A beautiful detailed inflight capture against that lovely blue sky, together with your interesting information, gophish !!! Thanks for sharing.
 
delia todd
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A cracking flight shot you've taken of this gull Ken.

Very well done lad.
 

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