Slaty-backed Gull (1st winter)
Larus schistisagus

f8 @ 1/1600s, ISO:400, Nikon D300S w 300mm

\"Slaty-backed Gull,\" Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Immature gulls\' plumage is brown, similar to the that of the great black-backed gull, but paler, and is practically indistinguishable from the immature herring gull in the field.

Hokkaido, Japan

02/22/2012