[Length 27 in. Wingspan 60 in.]

This first year Glaucous Gull in flight was photographed at Boca Chica Beach, Brownsville, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: March 18, 2014)

[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 27 in. Wingspan 60 in.]

This first winter Glaucous Gull was photographed at Boca Chica Beach, Brownsville, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: January 20, 2014)

[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, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1988)

[Length 26 in. Wingspan 58 in.]

This Glaucous-winged Gull was photographed at Bodega Bay, CA, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor ED 300mm f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1981)

[Length 26 in. Wingspan 58 in.]

This Glaucous-winged Gull was photographed at Attu Island, AK, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor ED 300mm f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1984)