Adult, basic plumage, Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., 2-07. © John  C. Avise.

Mew Gull

Larus canus

Charadriiformes; Laridae

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Adult, basic plumage, Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., 2-07. © John  C. Avise.
Adult, basic plumage, Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., 2-07. © John  C. Avise.

First-winter plumage, Dana Point, Orange Co., 2-09. © John  C. Avise.
Second-winter plumage, Dana Point, Orange Co., 2-09. © John  C. Avise.

Adult, basic plumage, Dana Point, Orange Co., 1-09. © John  C. Avise.
Adults, basic plumage, Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., 2-07. © John  C. Avise.

Adult, transitional plumage, Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., 2-07. © John  C. Avise.