Most Laughing Gulls that show up along Lake Michigan are adults. This bird is in first basic plumage.
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Laughing Gull (
Leucophaeus atricilla
)
Montrose Beach, Cook County, Fall 2002
Photograph by Kanae Hirabayashi
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