Jaegers and Small Gulls

Little Gull - 2nd cycle




Pomarine Jaeger (breeding adult light morph) - Half Moon Bay, CA - August, 2018 and Monterey, CA - September, 2017

Pomarine Jaeger (nonbreeding adult light morph) - Monterey, California - September, 2017

Pomarine Jaeger (intermediate sub-adult) - Monterey, California - September, 2017

Pomarine Jaeger (intermediate juvenile in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December, 2010

Pomarine Jaeger (intermediate juvenile on the beach) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December, 2010


Parasitic Jaeger (breeding adult light morph) - Monterey, California - September, 2017 and Nome, Alaska - June, 2016

Parasitic Jaeger (intermediate sub-adult) - Monterey, California - September, 2017

Parasitic Jaeger (intermediate juvenile) - Michigan City, Indiana - September, 2003

Parasitic Jaeger (intermediate juvenile) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - September, 2023

Parasitic Jaeger (intermediate juvenile) - Miller Beach, Indiana - August, 2017

Parasitic Jaeger (light morph juvenile) - Miller Beach, Indiana - November, 2016


Long-tailed Jaeger (adult) - Gambell and Nome, Alaska - May, 2016

Long-tailed Jaeger (sub-adult) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - October, 2023

Long-tailed Jaeger (sub-adult) - Half Moon Bay, California - August, 2018

Long-tailed Jaeger (juvenile) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - September, 2018


South Polar Skua - Monterey Bay, California - September, 2017

South Polar Skua - Half Moon Bay pelagic, California - August, 2018


Laughing Gull (adult) - Outer Banks, NC - May, 2017, South Padre Island, TX - April, 2013, St. Pete, FL - April, 1996, and Boca Chica, TX - July 2007

Laughing Gull (adult in flight) - Outer Banks, North Carolina - May, 2017

Laughing Gull (2nd cycle) - Michigan City, Indiana - August, 2003

Laughing Gull (1st cycle) - Outer Banks, North Carolina - May, 2017

Laughing Gull (1st cycle in flight) - Outer Banks, North Carolina - May, 2017


Franklin's Gull (breeding adult) - South Padre Island, Texas - April, 2013

Franklin's Gull (nonbreeding adult in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - October, 2017

Franklin's Gull (1st cycle) - Michigan City Harbor, La Porte County, IN - October, 2017 and Miller Beach, IN - October, 2007

Franklin's Gull (1st cycle in flight) - Miller Beach, Indiana - October


Little Gull (2nd cycle) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - August, 2005

Little Gull (1st cycle) - Three Oaks Ponds, Berrien County, Michigan - April, 2005

Little Gull (1st cycle in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - November, 2020


Bonaparte's Gull (basic adult) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - August, 2012 and November, 2011

Bonaparte's Gull (basic adult in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, IN - November, 2018 and Miller Beach, IN - November, 2013

Bonaparte's Gull (molting adult in flight) - St. Joe County, Michigan - April, 2020

Bonaparte's Gull (breeding adult) - Miller Beach, Lake County, IN - August, 2005 and Point Reyes, CA - April, 2012

Bonaparte's Gull (juvenile) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - August, 2005 and August, 2012

Bonaparte's Gull (juvenile in flight) - Michigan and Indiana


Heermann's Gull (molting adult) - Moss Landing, California - September, 2017

Heermann's Gull (adult nonbreeding) - Moss Landing, California - September, 2017

Heermann's Gull (adult in flight) - Moss Landing, California - September, 2017

Heermann's Gull (1st cycle) - Moss Landing, California - April, 2012

Heermann's Gull (1st cycle in flight) - Monterey, California - September, 2017


Black-tailed Gull (adult) - Montrose Harbor, Illinois - August, 2003


Mew Gull (adult) - Anchorage and St. Paul, Alaska - May, 2016

Mew Gull (2nd summer) - Anchorage, Alaska - May, 2016

Mew Gull (1st summer) - Anchorage, Alaska - May, 2016

Mew Gull (molting from juvenile to 1st winter) - Pacific Grove, California - September, 2017


Ring-billed Gull (basic adult) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - September, 2006

Ring-billed Gull (breeding adult) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - March, 2009

Ring-billed Gull (adult in flight) - Lake County, IN - February, 2009 and Porter County, IN - December, 2017

Ring-billed Gull (2nd cycle) - Michigan City Harbor, Indiana - December, 2002

Ring-billed Gull (1st cycle) - Lake County, IN - September, 2021 and LaPorte County, IN - December, 2006

Ring-billed Gull (1st cycle in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - September, 2006

Ring-billed Gull (juvenile) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - July, 2017

Ring-billed Gull (nesting) - Port of Indiana, Indiana - May, 2003

Ring-billed Gull nest with eggs - Wakarusa Wastewater Ponds, Indiana - April, 2006

Albino Ring-billed Gull - Whiting Park, Whiting, Indiana - September, 1994

Putative Ring-billed Gull X Laughing Gull hybrid - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - December 3, 2016


Black-legged Kittiwake (breeding adult in flight) - St. Paul and Gambell, Alaska - May, 2016

Black-legged Kittiwake (nonbreeding adult) - St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska - May, 2016

Black-legged Kittiwake (2nd cycle in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - November, 2018 and November, 2006

Black-legged Kittiwake (1st summer) - St. Paul and Gambell, Alaska - May, 2016

Black-legged Kittiwake (1st winter) - Port of Indiana, Porter, Indiana - December, 2004

Black-legged Kittiwake (1st winter in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - October, 2023


Red-legged Kittiwake (breeding adult) - St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska - May, 2016


Sabine's Gull (breeding adult) - Safety Lagoon, Nome, Alaska - May, 2016

Sabine's Gull (nonbreeding adult) - Monterey Bay, California - September, 2017

Sabine's Gull (1st cycle) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - September, 2014

Sabine's Gull (1st cycle) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - September, 2015

Sabine's Gull (1st cycle in flight) - Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana - September, 2014

Sabine's Gull (1st cycle in flight) - Miller Beach, Lake County, Indiana - September, 2015


Ivory Gull (2nd cycle) - Flint, Genesee County, Michigan - March, 2017


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