(1) Third calendar-year (second-winter) Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus with California Gulls L. californicus, at Yolo County Central Landfill, 14 January 2003 © Jon R. King. This bird was first seen at the Landfill on 1 January 2003, and then again on 14 January both at the landfill and at City of Davis Wastewater Treatment Plant. In this image, all the classic features of second-winter Glaucous Gull are obvious: overall pale buffish cream plumage, off-white primary tips, pale whitish iris, long and straight pink bill with broad black subterminal band, and chunky structure with solid head, neck and chest.

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