01 September 2025

August 2025 Monthly Notables

Sightings:

  • Franklin's Gull (adult type). Dare County, North Carolina. 01 August 2025.
  • Short-billed Gull (2nd cycle). Door County, Wisconsin. 05 August 2025.
    • Same individual found inland near Green Bay in July.
  • Glaucous Gull (2nd cycle type). Barnstable County, Massachusetts. 05 August 2025.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (adult type). Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska. 07 August 2025.
  • Franklin's Gull (adult). Fairfield County, Connecticut. 07 August 2025. 
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (4th cycle type). Jefferson County, Washington. 09 August 2025.
  • Yellow-footed Gull (1st cycle). Sierra County, New Mexico. 09 August 2025.
  • California Gull (juvenile). Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. 10 August 2025.
  • Kelp Gull (adult). Racine County, Wisconsin. 10 August 2025.
    • 1st County Record. Milwaukee bird repositioning throughout a period of heavy thunderstorms.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Juneau City & Borough, Alaska.13 August 2025.
  • Common Gull (adult type). Halifax County, Nova Scotia. 16 August 2025.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (3rd cycle). Sitka City & Borough, Alaska. 18 August 2025.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (3rd cycle). King County, Washington. 20 August 2025.
    • Continuing.
  • Gray Gull (adult/5th cycle). Walton County, Florida. 25 August 2025.
    • Presumably the 1st ABA individual found here in the summer of 2023.
  • Little Gull (juvenile). St. Joseph County, Michigan. 27 August 2025.
  • Black-headed Gull (adult). Atlantic County, New Jersey. 31 August 2025.
    • Continuing.
  • Kelp Gull (adult). Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. 31 August 2025.