The quintessential Western Washington gull is the Glaucous-winged, a year-round resident and local breeder. Large, handsome birds, they’re recognizable by their gray wings and backs, pink legs ...

Glaucous and glaucous-winged gulls are the other gull species routinely seen in the Anchorage and Kenai areas. These two species are difficult to distinguish from each other. Glaucous gulls have a ...

That gap will soon narrow, once new records of common gull (a European vagrant) and glaucous-winged gull (from the West Coast) are formally accepted. These vagrants were found in late December and ...

The most widespread pink-legged gull in North America, the herring is common in the east and mainly a winter visitor in the west. Hybrids can be locally common (mainly in the wescat). Polytypic.

Once my eyes had adjusted to the visual assault, the white-winged gulls began to emerge from the masses. The first was a young glaucous gull, a hulking cream-colored bird with a bulky bi-colored ...

Alaska is home to three closely-related, large gull types: the glaucous-winged gull, glaucous gull and herring gull, according to the state's fish and game department. Some of the birds are ...

More than 30 tripod-mounted scopes stood in front of their owners who were looking at one particular gull among hundreds on the docks. A glaucous-winged gull, a western species, had been found ...

As bald eagle populations have increased in the Pacific Northwest, Glaucous-winged gull populations have declined. Gulls typically respond to eagle threats with the long call, but with thousands ...