This presumed Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus
fuscus graellsii) was photographed at Corpus Christ
Landfill, Texas on March 8, 1997 by Willie Sekula. Of note on
this apparent adult are the large size (similar to some nearby
small smithsonianus), pinkish tone to the feet and rear of the
legs, the dull amber (speckled) eye with orange-red
orbital ring, rather pale upperparts with black on seven primaries,
and mirror on P10 well-separated from the white apical spot:
