Sightings:
- Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Galveston County, Texas. 02 February 2026.
- Glaucous-winged Gull (3rd cycle type). Middlesex County, New Jersey. 04 February 2026.
- 1ST STATE RECORD.
- Vega Gull (adult). San Mateo County, California. 06 February 2026.
- Returning adult - "Maybeline".
- Kamchatka Gull (adult). Fairfield County, Connecticut. 06 February 2026.
- Continuing; returning bird.
- Black-headed Gull (adult). Palm Beach County, Florida. 07 February 2026.
- Continuing.
- Kelp Gull (3rd cycle). Willacy County, Texas. 08 February 2026.
- Believed to be the returning coastal TX bird, first found as a 1st cycle in Dec 2024.
- Short-billed Gull (1st cycle). Dallas County, Texas. 09 February 2026.
- Short-billed Gull (adult). Lake County, Illinois. 10 February 2026.
- Ivory Gull (2 ad; 1 ad). Labrador-Happy Valley-Goose Bay County, NL. 10-23 February 2026.
- Offshore survey.
- Vega Gull (3rd cycle). San Diego County, California. 10 February 2026.
- Believed to be the same individual from LA County in Dec 2025; presumably a returning bird from last winter in San Diego County.
- Glaucous-winged Gull (2nd cycle). Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. 10 February 2026.
- Vega Gull (adult). Alameda County, California. 12 February 2026.
- Common Gull (adult). Lake County, Illinois. 14 February 2026.
- 1ST STATE RECORD*.
- Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. 16 February 2026.
- 4th Province Record.
- Short-billed Gull (adult). Richmond County, New York. 16 February 2026.
- Short-billed Gull (adult). Crawford County, Arkansas. 17 February 2026.
- Continuing.
- Vega Gull (adult). San Mateo County, California. 17 February 2026.
- Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Franklin County, Washington. 17 February 2026.
- Continuing; returning adult.
- Glaucous-winged Gull (adult). Lake County, Illinois. 17 February 2026.
- Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Nunatsiavut-Nain County, NL. 19 February 2026.
- Offshore.
- Glaucous-winged Gull (3rd cycle type). Tompkins County, New York. 25 February 2026.
Notes:
- Much like the last couple of months, a gentle incursion of Short-billed Gulls and Glaucous-winged Gulls continued in the East. Whether the latter come from the North American continent or Asia -- or both -- is impossible to know.
- The adult Common Gull found in Lake County, Illinois on 14 February 2026, showed multiple characteristics consistent with the Russian taxon, Larus canus heinei. Experts who are closely familiar with this taxon agree it conforms to that race, which would prove to be the first verifiable record of Russian Common Gull in the Western Hemisphere.