Glaucous Gull

 Here are photos of a few individuals from New York and Colorado. Enjoy!




Here are a few more (bad) photos of this handsome bird: [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7].


Glaucous Gull: 1st Winter
The compost piles near Ithaca, NY - 1 February, 2007.








Glaucous Gulls: 1st and 2nd Winter
The compost piles near Ithaca, NY - 31 January, 2007.

Also present were a dark Iceland Gull and an odd looking
3rd or 4th winter(?) Lesser Black-backed Gull.

First winter Glaucous Gull
Undoubtedly the same bird photographed above on 1 February, 2007.


Second winter Glaucous Gull




Note the pale iris.






Glaucous Gulls: Colorado

This 1st winter Glaucous was present in early January at Pueblo Reservoir, 2007.








These 4 shots are all of the same 1st winter bird seen at Pueblo Reservoir on 12/23/05
near the 'West Fisherman' area. (The other bird in the last shot is a Herring Gull).









All Photos (C) 2007 Paul Hurtado
(Just let me know if you use them!)