GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS, STANLEY PARK, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 6/8/2022 - PHOTOGRAPHIC LIFE LIST SPECIES # 1018

   We can ID these gulls as Glaucous-winged Gulls as follows:

• White head and underparts.
• Pale gray mantle. This differentiates the Glaucous-winged Gull from the Herring Gull and Western Gull, both of which have darker gray mantles.
• Pale gray wingtips, similar in color to the mantle..  This also differentiates the Glaucous-winged Gull from the Herring Gull and most other gulls which have dark wing tips.
• Yellow bill with a red spot ( chicks peck at this spot to simulate regurgitive feeding) near the end of the bill.   
• Pink legs. 

   The Glaucous-winged Gull is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,018.