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08-FEB-2005 Tom Grey

Ring-billed Gull, molting into breeding plumage

Palo Alto Baylands

The red orbital ring shows the bird is molting into breeding plumage; the brown feathers on the head will be replaced by white feathers in this molt.

Canon EOS 20D
1/1600s f/8.0 at 420.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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