Laughing Gull (1st Winter)
Leucophaeus atricilla

f11 @ 1/3200, ISO:2000, Nikon D3S w 500mm and 1.7X teleconverter


"Laughing Gull," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Laughing gulls take three years to reach adult plumage. Immature birds are always darker than most similar-sized gulls other than Franklin's. First-year birds are greyer below and have paler heads than first-year Franklin's, and second-years can be distinguished by the wing pattern and structure.
Black Beach, West Falmouth, Massachusetts
 
09/13/2019