Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperborus)
Above and below four: A second-cycle Glaucous Gull at the Salisbury Landfill, Maryland (1/17/2009).
Below: Another Glaucous Gull, this one in flight over Worcester Central Landfill, spotted by Matt Hafner (1/17/2009).
Below four: First-winter Glaucous Gull on the Assateague Island ORV zone, Maryland (11/13/2004)--a very early arrival.
Below: A first-cycle Glaucous Gull shadowed the boat for miles and miles of open ocean in Maryland and Delaware waters (2/5/2011).
Below: A first-cycle Glaucous Gull at the Salisbury Landfill, Maryland (2/24/2007).
Above and below: A first-cycle Nelson's Gull (Herring x Glaucous) hybrid at the Charles Co. Landfill, Maryland (1/29/2011).
Below two: A first-cycle Nelson's Gull at the Salisbury Landfill (12/10/2005).