No, it's mine. I found it!
Juvenile "Olympic" gull, Larus glaucescens × occidentalis, and Glaucous-winged gull, Larus glaucescens.
The adult had the small flatfish; the juvenile came along and wanted it. The adult handed the fish over, and later took it back. Couldn’t tell that either bird knew what to do with it, although I have watched a Western Gull gulp down a similar-sized starry flounder. Junior has the sharply checked mantle of a Western Gull, outside the Western's range, suggesting the hybrid locally known as an "Olympic" gull.
Alki Beach, Seattle, Washington, August 27, 2012.
No, it's mine. I found it!
Juvenile "Olympic" gull, Larus glaucescens × occidentalis, and Glaucous-winged gull, Larus glaucescens.
The adult had the small flatfish; the juvenile came along and wanted it. The adult handed the fish over, and later took it back. Couldn’t tell that either bird knew what to do with it, although I have watched a Western Gull gulp down a similar-sized starry flounder. Junior has the sharply checked mantle of a Western Gull, outside the Western's range, suggesting the hybrid locally known as an "Olympic" gull.
Alki Beach, Seattle, Washington, August 27, 2012.