Laughing Gull, Lord Howe

[Katrina Knight <>]

At 05:11 AM 01/18/2010 Tom Tarrant wrote:
> Are we certain that this is a Laughing Gull? I'm no expert but 
> it looks very dark and deeper-billed to others that I've seen.
> Would welcome the views of others more knowledgeable.....
It looks like a first-winter Laughing Gull to me, and I have 
plenty of experience with them. (I can see them by the thousands 
if I drive about an hour and a half east from home.) Laughing 
Gulls do have relatively big bills and the young ones are quite 
dark. If the others you've seen have been older, that could 
explain why this one looks darker.
--
Katrina Knight

Reading, PA, USA

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