Aquatic Birds

I Ruffle My Feathers For Cameras

Looking pretty there gull. Notice the very tip of the bill. No longer black but almost clear/translucent. As this first winter bird matures, the black on the beak will change to a black ring around the beak.
First Winter Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

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