This gull was at the Elliot Landfill, Corpus Christi, Texas on
January 06, 2005: note the darkish mantle, thick white tertial
crescent and secondary tips, limited/oddly distributed head streaking,
yellowish/pinkish/grayish legs, thick, bright, blob-ended bill,
orange orbital ring, secondary "skirt" when standing,
and damaged (left) and missing (right) primaries in the wings:-
I suggest that these features are most easily explained by a Kelp
x Herring Gull hybrid (or backcross thereof):
