Hybrid Gulls!

GoShoals | 10:30 pm | January 6, 2010 | News

From Julie Ellis’ Gulls of Appledore blog:

Very exciting news for all you larophiles out there! As many of you know, a Lesser Black-backed Gull has been nesting on Appledore Island and has paired up with a Herring Gull for the last three years. [see the "Lesser Black-backed Gull" tab for details] On December 13, 2009 Blair Nikula observed an unusual second year gull at Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown, MA. He thought it looked like a hybrid LBBG x HERG and took several photos of it.

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Photo by Blair Nikula.