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Juvenile glaucous-winged gull feeding on a crab. This gull is a large bird, being close in size and shape to the closely related Western gull (L. occidentalis).It measures 50–68 cm (20–27 in) in length and 120–150 cm (47–59 in) in wingspan, with a body mass of 730–1,690 g (1.61–3.73 lb).
English: Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens eggs in a nest at Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge, Jefferson County, Washington, USA. Date 5 July 2008, 14:59
Approximately 70 percent of the nesting seabird population of Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca nest on the island, which includes one of the largest nesting colonies of rhinoceros auklets in the world and the largest nesting colony of glaucous-winged gulls in Washington. [7]
The glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) is a large gull, the second-largest gull in the world. The genus name is from Latin larus , which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific name hyperboreus is Latin for "northern" from the Ancient Greek Huperboreoi people from the far north [ 2 ] " Glaucous " is from Latin ...
The offspring have been termed "Nelson's gull", [3] but are sometimes also known as "Viking gull". Herring gulls and glaucous-winged gulls hybridize extensively in southern Alaska. The offspring are sometimes termed "Cook Inlet gull". Glaucous-winged gulls and glaucous gulls hybridize in western Alaska. These hybrids are sometimes called ...
White-winged gull is used to describe the four pale-winged, high Arctic-breeding taxa within the former group; these are Iceland gull, glaucous gull, Thayer's gull, and Kumlien's gull. In common usage, members of various gull species are often referred to as 'sea gulls' or 'seagulls'; however, this is a layperson's term and is not used by most ...
The gulls left while a red-tailed hawk visited the park in late 2011, but returned after the hawk disappeared. Federal law prohibits shooting the birds, and hiring a falconer would cost the Giants $8000 a game. [8] Western gull x Glaucous-winged gull hybrid nesting in Oregon.
English: 'Olympic' Gull (hybrid of Glaucous-winged Gull and Western Gull) at nest, setting, western Oregon. ... Herring Gull at nest. Items portrayed in this file ...