Aquatic Birds

Look! I Can See Myself

It was really nice of the ring-billed gull to hang out next to the larger gull. The rare gull just stood there but the smaller one gave me more poses. This was the last photo I kept. And the gull was gone later that day and there has not been another seen, so far.
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
First Winter Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

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