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Mark S. Szantyr
95. by Mark S. Szantyr on August 03, 2011 at 11:10 pm

An adult at Coney Island, New York 24 July till at least 3 August 2011 will furnish the second record for the U.S. pending acceptance by NYSARC. In the field, this species is readily separated from the similar Laughing Gull by its overall paler coloration, its ghostly pale eye, pale gray hood with a darker distal edge, bright red bill and mouth lining, and bright red legs. In flight, a white crescent preceeds the black wing-tip and there are white mirrors in the outer primaries. This white crescent and the gray wing linings are astoundingly visible when the bird is in flight.

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Citation: Personal Experience. I observe this regularly, highly confident.

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