Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscus

 

 

First cycle bird, with Herring Gull, South Beach, Marquette, Michigan, 3 May 2012.

 

First cycle bird, with Herring Gull and Ring-billed Gull (giving great size comparisons), South Beach, Marquette, Michigan, 29 May 2016.

 

First cycle bird, Holyhead, Wales, 31 December 2007.

 

First cycle bird, through the falling snow, at great distance, Picnic Rocks, Marquette, Michigan, 21 April 2013.

 

Second cycle bird, Port Aransas, Texas, 27 February 2010. Here, is another view of the same bird. Here is another. And here is yet another.

 

Third cycle bird, Lower Harbor, Marquette, Michigan, 6 May 2014.

 

Adult bird, South Beach, Marquette, Michigan, 6 April 2013.

 

Adult bird, South Beach, Marquette, Michigan, 18 April 2017.

 

Adult bird, Lower Harbor, Marquette, Michigan, 17 April 2012.

 

Adult bird, city center, Oslo, Norway, 8 June 2019; photo made with my iPhone.

 

Adult bird, with Herring and Yellow-legged Gulls, and Rock Pigeons; Glasgow, Scotland, March 2023.