American Herring Gull, Larus
(argentatus) smithsonianus: NOTE:
all photos were taken in Texas unless stated otherwise:
: a 1st-Basic (standing, flying) with
barred tail base, from mid-Jan. - added November 13, 2019 .
: a 1st-Basic (standing, flying) with
some Vega features, from earily Feb. - added November 13, 2019 .
: a 1st-Basic (standing) with
some Euro-HERG (Vega?) features, from late Feb. - added November 13, 2019 .
: a first-cycle from Texas that lacks the "smith shawl" - - added 01/02/2014
: a pair of 2nd-cycle HERGs from Chicago and Scotland - they look like they've swapped continents.... - added 03/04/2009
: Eight rather different 1st-cycles (standing, flying) from one day in January; some may not be pure Smiths... - added 01/13/07
: 1st-Basic/Alt (standing, flying)
with apparent trauma fault-barring, from late April - added 04/20/05
: juvenile (standing + open wings)
with thayeri/schistisagus-like primaries
: two 1st-Basics(?) (flying, standing)
with strange bills - new bird added 04/06/00
: 1CY (flying) with thayeri-like
primaries
: 1st-Basic (standing); rather rangy
individual
: 1st-Basic (flying) with schistisagus-like
primaries
: a strange 2nd/1st-Basic (standing)
- help!
: 2CY (sitting) - molting from Juvenile
to First-Basic
: 1st-Basic (flying); four birds
from late January
: 1st-Basic (standing) fairly standard
plumage
: 1st-Basic (standing) slightly advanced
plumage for late November
: 1st-Basic (standing) advanced plumage
for late November - and very long-looking wings -
added 12/31/00
: 1st-Basic (standing, flying) with
numerous vegae features, from late Nov -
added 03/01/02
: 1st-Basic (standing) with distinctive
structure and bill, from late Nov - added
03/01/02
: Two 1st-Basics (standing) with
distinctive structure and bill, from late Nov -
added 03/01/02
: 1st-Basic (standing) with numerous
molted wing-coverts/tertials in late Nov -
added 03/01/02
: 1st-Basic (standing) strongly-marked
scapulars in mid-December - added 12/31/00
: 1st-Basic (standing) with some
vegae-like features in early Jan -
added 01/10/01
: 1st-Basic (standing) another with
vegae-like features in early Jan -
added 01/10/01
: six 1st-Basics (standing) showing
great variation in early Jan - added 01/10/01
: 1st-Basic (standing) with numerous
molted wing-coverts in late Jan - ? - added
01/31/02
: 1st-Basic (standing) with molted
innermost greater-covert in Jan - added
03/01/02
: 1st-Basic (standing) a very dark
bird for mid-February
: 1st-Basic (standing) a very pale
bird for mid-February - could it be thayeri?
: 1st-Basic (standing) with molted
mantle/scaps in March
: 1st-Basic (standing) with suggestions
of mixed genes in March - added 03/16/03
: 1st-Basic (standing, flying) with
some argenteus-like features
: a few 1st-Basics (standing), incl.
one with bright legs - similar to nearby 3rd-Basic L. schistisagus
: a few 1st-Basics (standing)
that are pale-headed (Jan; Mar) 9/30/99
: a 1st-Basic (standing, flying)
with some unusual features (Nov) 9/30/99
: a 1st-Basic (standing) with some
argenteus-like features (Feb) 9/30/99
: a 1st-Basic
(standing); a rather dainty individual
(Mar) 10/02/99
: a 1st-basic (standing) from Texas
in Dec. presumably a northwestern bird?
: a 1st-basic (standing, flying)
from Texas in Dec. with a number of unusual features -
added 01/03/03
: a 1st-basic (standing) from Texas
in Dec. with juv and adult-like scaps - ? -
added 01/03/03
: a 1st-basic (standing) from Texas
in Dec. sparsely-marked undertail coverts -
added 01/03/03
: a juvenile (standing) from Texas
in Dec. with vegae-like greater coverts -
added 01/03/03
: a 1st-basic (standing, flying)
from Texas in Jan. with some unusual features -
added 01/28/03
: a few 2CY birds (standing) that
are heavily-worn (Feb, May, Sep) 10/02/99
: 2nd-Basic (standing) a somewhat Euro-HERG-like individual. - added November 13, 2019 .
: 2nd-Basic (standing) three birds
with pale eyes
: 2nd-Basic (standing, flying) two
birds with darkish eyes
: is this a small, dark-looking 2B smithsonianus,
or something else?
: three 2CY/3CY (standing) - very
worn/faded summer birds - one with strange bill
: some 2nd-basics (standing); showing
great variety (Mar; Feb; Dec) 10/02/99
: a very unusual 2nd-basic (standing)
from Texas in April - added 04/06/00
: a third-cycle type from Texas that lacks the "smith shawl" - - added 01/02/2014
: a 3rd-Alternate (standing) with
deformed bill and darkish mantle (May) 10/02/99
: some adults (standing) from Texas
(Mar; Dec) 10/02/99
: adult (sitting) in Basic plumage
: adult (standing) molting Basic -
Alternate; with black to P4(?)
: adult (standing, flying) in primary
molt in late November
: adult (standing, flying) apparently
with no primary mirrors
: adults (standing) from Rockport,
Mass. in Summer - take a look at THESE bills!
: an adult (standing) with dark eyes
: adults (standing) with yellowish
legs
: an adult (standing; open wings)
from Texas that has a michahellis-like look
: an adult/4th-basic (standing) from
Texas that has an argentatus-like look
: an adult (standing, flying) from
Texas with unusual primaries
: definitive-alternates (standing)
from Nome, Alaska in Aug - added 3/31/00
: definitive-alternates (standing)
from Anchorage, Alaska in April - added
3/31/00
: definitive-alternates (standing)
from Anchorage, Alaska in May - added 3/31/00
: three definitive-alternates
(standing) from Texas in April; one is a bit different - added 04/06/00
: a 4th-alternate (standing)
from Texas in April that is odd-looking -
added 04/06/00
: two definitive-alternates (standing)
from Texas in April; one has genuinely yellow legs -
added 04/06/00
: a definitive-basic (standing)
from Texas in Feb with unusual P10 and grayish legs -
added 6/19/00
: a definitive-basic (standing)
from Texas in Feb pure gray legs and feet! -
added 6/19/00
: a definitive-alternative (standing)
from Texas in April that is banded - but where? -
added 9/19/00
: a definitive-basic (standing)
from Texas in March with very unusual P10 pattern -
added 9/19/00
: an adult/4th-basic (standing)
with very late P-molt for early Jan - added
01/10/01
: an adult/4th-basic (standing)
in early Jan with darkish mantle - added
01/10/01
: an adult/4th-basic (standing)
in mid-Jan with extremely late P-molt -
added 03/01/02
: a darkish-mantled adult-basic/alternate
Herring Gull from Corpus Christi -
added 02/17/05
: a dark-eyed adult-basic/alternate
Herring Gull from Corpus Christi -
added 02/17/05
: a yellow-legged adult-basic/alternate
Herring Gull from Corpus Christi -
added 02/17/05
: a dark-mantled adult-alternate Herring Gull - with yellow orbital ring - from Corpus Christi - added 04/02/06
: Eight adults (standing, flying) with argentatus/cachinanns-like primaries - added 01/14/08
: an adult with a very unusual primary pattern for smithsonianus - from Brownsville, Texas - added January 22, 2016 .
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