Adult Yellow-legged Gull (Larus micahellis) for #SaturdayLaridae #BirdingHungary #gulls #seegulls

Hundreds of Black-headed Gulls on a frozen lake, picking something off the ice, but I just couldn't figure out what they were doing. Expending that much energy, you'd figure it has something to do with food, but I couldn't see any bugs on the ice. #BirdingHungary #gulls #SaturdayLaridae

Pair of Kelp Gulls at Gould's Lagoon in Tasmania. The local guide told me they used to nest on this platform, but the Swamp Harriers would always come by and snatch the babies. So they don't nest in such an exposed position anymore. #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania #gulls #SaturdayLaridae

I almost forgot! It's #SaturdayLaridae Here's an adult Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus). If gull ID gives you nightmares, Australia is the place to bird! 😄 Only 3 species and all are relatively easy to ID. #BirdingAustralia #gulls #seegulls

Sometimes I struggle with big gull ID. But here's one species that you never have to struggle with in any age or plumage because of that absurd, big-ass honkin' bill. 😄 Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania #gulls #seegulls #SaturdayLaridae

One more for #SaturdayLaridae A pair of Black-headed #Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) found a good spot to chill. 😀 #BirdingHungary

Yellow-legged Gull (Larus micahellis) for #SaturdayLaridae 😀 #BirdingHungary #gulls #seegulls

Last month I saw an Oystercatcher with no left foot. Yesterday I saw a Yellow-legged Gull with no right foot. Not sure how these birds lose their feet. #BirdingItaly #gulls #SaturdayLaridae

Second cycle Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) in Venice. #BirdingItaly #BirdsSeenin2025 #gulls #SeeGulls #SaturdayLaridae

#saturdaylaridae From July 2023, a Western Gull nest atop one of the many boats docked in Mission Bay, San Diego. Clearly, this boat hadn't been used by humans for awhile.

#saturdaylaridae An interesting Western Gull nest in downtown Monterey, CA, from July 2023. It's on a narrow ledge above this second floor window above a downtown street. Such a small and precarious nest site is atypical of urban Westerns, much more typical of Glaucous-wingeds north in WA and BC.

#saturdaylaridae Goodbye 2024.

A Glaucous-winged Gull pair at their nest in Vancouver in December.

#saturdaylaridae In Vancouver, December is the earliest we will see some Glaucous-winged Gull pairs return to their nest sites, more than 5 months before any eggs are actually laid.

A Glaucous-winged Gull down by the river for this #saturdaylaridae.

Awesome #saturdaylaridae

I'm bringing back the proud tradition of #saturdaylaridae. I started this tag on IG about a decade ago and I plan to resurrect it here. Here's a peak winter plumage Glaucous-winged Gull, Vancouver, BC.