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 Larus thayeri
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 Second winter Thayer's Gull at Clover Point, Victoria BC -
 January 3,
 2003.
 www.birdinfo.com
 Photographed
 with an Olympus C-700 Ultra Zoom at 10x optical zoom.
 Observational notes from the photographer: "a)
 the bird was noticeably smaller and
 daintier than a Glaucous-winged Gull, but not tiny, b) in flight the bird
 was very evenly patterned with a broad brownish terminal band on the tail.
 The color of the band was very similar to the overall mantle color.  At first I thought it was a first winter bird, but there was quite a
 bit of "smooth" gray replacing the scalloping effect, so I
 figure it is a second-winter individual."
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