[Length 16 in. Wingspan 43 in.]

This Common Gull was photographed at Sand, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 1, 2004)

[Length 16 in. Wingspan 43 in.]

This Common Gull was photographed at Baltasound, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 6, 2004)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

This Franklin's Gull was photographed at Rollover Pass, Bolivar Peninsula, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter (EFL=750mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: April 23, 2010)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

This Franklin's Gull was photographed at Lake Balmorhea, Balmorhea, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: December 18, 2009)

[Length 27 in. Wingspan 60 in.]

This adult Glaucous Gull was photographed on the shores of the Notsuke peninsula near Nemuro-Shibetsu on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 27 in. Wingspan 60 in.]

This immature Glaucous Gull was photographed on the Notsuke peninsula near Nemuro-Shibetsu on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 27 in. Wingspan 60 in.]

This adult Glaucous Gull in flight was photographed along the shores of the Notsuke peninsula near Nemuro-Shibetsu on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 26 in. Wingspan 58 in.]

Glaucous-winged Gulls are distinguished from almost all other gulls by the lack of black in the wing tips. Only the Glaucous Gull is similar, but it is paler overall. Glaucous-winged Gulls breed along coastal areas in western Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, western Canada, and the states of Washington and Oregon in the US. They spend their winter in all but the far northern regions of their breeding range and also spread south to southern California and Baja California. This adult Glaucous-winged Gull was photographed on Attu Island, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1988)