30 July 2018

Juvenile American Herrings - Late July


Photos taken on 29 JULY 2018 

A set of 10 juvenile American Herrings Gulls from Lake Michigan (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Herring Gulls nest throughout the downtown area here on rooftops, along riverbanks and undisturbed outcrops along the lake.

Of particular interest is the variation found in the greater covert patterns. See for instance the lightly marked and checkered pattern on individual #2 & #5 versus the heavily blotted pattern of individual #4 & #6.
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