Sightings:
- Slaty-backed Gull (2nd cycle). Thunder Bay County, Ontario. 03 October 2026.
- Age noteworthy. Most SBAGs recorded in the Great Lakes and the interior relate to adult types.
- Short-billed Gull (1st cycle). St. Paul Island. Alaska. 04 October 2026.
- Kelp Gull (3rd cycle). Collin County, Texas. 07 October 2026.
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (adult). Capital District, British Columbia. 10 October 2026.
- Western Gull (2nd cycle). Texas County, Oklahoma. 11 October 2026.
- Continuing 1st State Record from last month.
- Slaty-backed Gull (3rd cycle). Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska. 11 October 2026.
- Slaty-backed Gull (3rd cycle). Comox-Strathcona District, British Columbia. 12 October 2026.
- Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Comox-Strathcona District, British Columbia. 12 October 2026.
- Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Rouyn-Noranda County, Quebec. 15 October 2026.
- Black-headed Gull (adult). Monroe County, Missouri. 16 October 2026.
- 4th State Record.
- Little Gull (juvenile). Okanagan-Similkameen District, British Columbia. 20 October 2026.
- Little Gull (juvenile). Gosper County, Nebraska. 22 October 2026.
- Common Gull (2nd cycle). St. John's County, Newfoundland & Labrador. 29 October 2026.
- Western Gull (2nd cycle). Summit County, Colorado. 29 October 2026.
- Continuing.
Notes:
- The Kelp Gull found in Collin County, Texas is the 8th for the state. It represents the first true interior occurence away from the Gulf Coast.
- Lightning struck twice on Vancouver Island this month when Jeremy Gatten found a 3rd cycle Slaty-backed Gull, and then a couple of hours later found an adult Slaty-backed Gull some 4 miles away.
- A respectable flight of 1,077 Ross's Gulls was reported by Nick Thorpe at Point Barrow on 12 October 2026.
- Although not the intended target, a juvenile Sabine's Gull was caught and banded on Mustang Island in Nueces County, Texas on 14 October 2026. Amazingly, this appears to be the first Sabine's Gull to be banded in the state, and only the second in the lower 48, according to Andrew Orgill.