Herring Gull is North America’s most common and widespread large-sized gull. Technically the North American Herring Gull is the subspecies Larus argentatus smithsonianus. The Vega Gull of the Bering Sea is the subspecies Larus argentatus vegae.
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Herring Gull – late summer adult
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
August 29, 2006©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull – juvenile
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
August 29, 2006©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull – 2nd cycle
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
June 20, 2006©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull – adult nonbreeding
Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT
November 24, 2009©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull – adult nonbreeding
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
September 21, 2006©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull
Circle Beach, Madison, CT
April 9, 2012©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull with snail
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
August 29, 2006©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull – adult nonbreeding
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
September 21, 2006©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull dropping snail
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
August 29, 2006©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull – adult nonbreeding
Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT
November 24, 2009©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull – fresh breeding adult
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
April 20, 2008©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull – first cycle (1st winter)
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
October 14, 2005©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull – adult nonbreeding
Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT
November 24, 2009©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull with crab
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
September 17, 200©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull – 2nd cycle
Menunketesuck Island, Westbrook, CT
May 26, 2014©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull – 3rd cycle
Menunketesuck Island, Westbrook, CT
May 26, 2014©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull – early third cycle
Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT
November 11, 2014©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull – early third cycle
Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT
November 11, 2014©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull – early third cycle
Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT
November 11, 2014©John Schwarz
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Herring Gull – 2nd cycle
Pilots Point, Westbrook, CT
August 10, 2015©John Schwarz