The high number of seagulls currently over San Diego Bay is primarily due to the spring migration season, which runs from March 1 to June 15. As of March 14, 2026, bird activity in the region is high, with over 500,000 birds estimated to have crossed San Diego County in a single night.
Migration Peak San Diego Bay
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A juvenile Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) flares before landing in the Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge SF Bay May 2025 #bird #birds #donedwards #gull #photography #nature #nikon #WesternGull #NaturePhotograhpy 🪶
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A Western gull on its nest with a chick to its side. The full is facing left. It is mostly white with grey on the back of its wings and a bright orange hooked beak. Its eye is yellow. The chick is on the ground to the left of the adult gull, looking straight forward. It is grey with black spots. The nest is in a small lower spot than the ground around it. In the background are trees on the left and sky on the right.
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That cold, calculated stare when you fail to bring one edible thing for sharing.
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A solitary Western Gull resting on a rugged basalt rock in the ocean, surrounded by crashing waves and foamy surf. The scene captures the serene beauty of the coastline.
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A #WesternGull perches on a rugged basalt rock. The rhythmic crashing of the waves has always brought me peace.
Table for one?
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Hundreds of Larus gulls in flight and on the ground, foraging for food scraps on trash mountain. Landfills have become well-trodden stopover locations for Larus species of the west coast, used by both resident Olympic Gulls and migratory Glaucous-winged Gulls and Cook Inlet hybrids from as far north as southern Alaska, perhaps further. These generalists also spend time foraging in nearby farm fields and Boundary Bay.
Landfill frenzy.
(Delta BC, December 14 2025)
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Western Gull, Morro Rock, Morro Rock Ecological Reserve, Morro Bay, December 1, 2025. More flora and photos: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Gull #Gulls #WesternGull #MorroRock #MorroRockEcologicalReserve #MorroBay #CentralCoast
Western Gull, Morro Rock, Morro Rock Ecological Reserve, Morro Bay, December 1, 2025.
More flora and photos:
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Western Gull, Morro Rock, Morro Rock Ecological Reserve, Morro Bay, December 1, 2025. More flora and photos: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Gull #Gulls #WesternGull #MorroRock #MorroRockEcologicalReserve #MorroBay #CentralCoast
Western Gull, Morro Rock, Morro Rock Ecological Reserve, Morro Bay, December 1, 2025.
More flora and photos:
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Juvenile Western Gull, Morro Rock, Morro Rock Ecological Reserve, Morro Bay, December 1, 2025. More flora and photos: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Gull #Gulls #WesternGull #MorroRock #MorroRockEcologicalReserve #MorroBay #CentralCoast
Juvenile Western Gull, Morro Rock, Morro Rock Ecological Reserve, Morro Bay, December 1, 2025.
More flora and photos:
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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An Olympic Gull (Western x Glaucous-winged hybrid) about to take flight with a clump of moss in its bill. Grass pulling is an intraspecific behaviour indicating aggressive intent to nearby trespassers, "This is what I will do to you." I have seen gulls pull grass, moss, garbage, leaf litter and dock lines--whatever loose objects or materials are within grabbing distance.
Moss (not grass) pulling.
(Vancouver BC, Dec 6 2025)
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Western Gull, Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area, December 2, 2025. More flora and photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Gull #Gulls #WesternGull #MorroBayStateMarineRecreationalManagementArea #MorroBayStateMarineReserve #MorroBay
Western Gull, Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area, December 2, 2025.
More flora and photos:
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Western Gull, Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area, Morro Bay, December 4, 2025. More flora and photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Gull #Gulls #WesternGull #MorroBayStateMarineRecreationalManagementArea #MorroBayStateMarineReserve
Western Gull, Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area, Morro Bay, December 4, 2025.
More flora and photos:
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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An adult Olympic Gull (Western x Glaucous-winged hybrid) stands on some park grass, bejewelled with black and blue bands on the left leg, and blue and metal bands on the right. Report coloured gull bands in the Pacific Northwest region to the Salish Sea Gull Project: https://salishseagullproject.shinyapps.io/submit-observation-form/
Banded Olympic Gull.
(Vancouver BC, Dec 2 2025.)
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Western Gull landed on my vehicle while I was eating lunch, Morro Bay Ecological Reserve, Morro Bay, December 1, 2025. More flora and photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Gull #Gulls #WesternGull #MorroBayEcologicalReserve #MorroBay
Western Gull landed on my vehicle while I was eating lunch, Morro Bay Ecological Reserve, Morro Bay, December 1, 2025. More flora and photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Gull #Gulls #WesternGull #MorroBayEcologicalReserve #MorroBay
Western Gull landed on my vehicle while I was eating lunch, Morro Bay Ecological Reserve, Morro Bay, December 1, 2025.
More flora and photos:
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Western Gull, Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area, November 30, 2025. More flora and photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Gull #Gulls #WesternGull #MorroBayStateMarineRecreationalManagementArea #MorroBayStateMarineReserve
Western Gull, Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area, November 30, 2025.
More flora and photos:
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Juvenile #WesternGull stuck in the parking lot because the grownups snagged all the good spots on the beach.
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A black, white, and gray Larus occidentalis (I think?) or Western Gull steps on gray sand.
This guy is #mottled from head to tail.
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Photo taken on April 27, 2019 with my NIKON D5200 using the NIKKOR C Auto 1:4.5 f=80~200mm lens. Find more information at https://gommadigitale.com/photo/27-04-2019/590
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A Western Gull catches and consumes a crab (ideally an invasive European Green Crab but I can't be sure) along the Yaquina Bay Estuary Trail Newport, Oregon. Color photograph: The gull is oriented left-to-right across the frame. It's leaning over and has grabbed the green crab by its right claw and is yanking it out of the mud along the waterline. The crab has its left claw up as it futilely attempts to resist its fate. The shore along the left side of the image is littered with seaweed stranded by the outgoing tide. Other tidal debris covers is scattered along the beach on the right side of the image.
A Western Gull consumes a crab along the Yaquina Bay Estuary Trail Newport, Oregon. Color photograph: The gull is oriented right-to-left across the frame. It's leaning over and is tossing the body of the green crab it caught in the previous frame to position it for swallowing. There are a couple of strands of seaweed trailing from the crab's legs as it's suspended in mid-air. The gull had reduced the crab to component parts - a claw is visible on the ground just in front of the gull's head - by shaking the crab viciously until it ripped apart. The shore along the left side of the image is littered with seaweed stranded by the outgoing tide. Other tidal debris covers is scattered along the beach on the right side of the image.
A Western Gull swallows the legs and body of a crab along the Yaquina Bay Estuary Trail Newport, Oregon. Color photograph: The gull is oriented right-to-left across the frame. It's leaning overweigh it mouth wide open as prepares to swallow the body of the green crab it caught in a previous frame. The crab's legs are sticking out of the gull's throat - for the moment. The gull had reduced the crab to component parts - a claw is visible on the ground just in front of the gull's head - by shaking the crab viciously until it ripped apart. The shore along the left side of the image is littered with seaweed stranded by the outgoing tide. Other tidal debris covers is scattered along the beach on the right side of the image.
Crab Brunch
A Western Gull catches and consumes a crab (ideally an invasive European Green Crab but I can't be sure) along the Yaquina Bay Estuary Trail Newport, Oregon.
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A young Olympic Gull (Western Gull x Glaucous-winged Gull hybrid) stands on the edge of an urban water feature, with water frothing from a fountain behind. This bird is starting to replace body feathers in the 1st prealternate (prebreeding) moult. The Lower Mainland is right above the intersection of the breeding ranges of Glaucous-winged Gull to the north and Western Gull to the south. The resulting hybrid swarm produces a vast array of phenotypes--birds with a unique set of characteristics--as multiple generations of mixed gulls interbreed.
Overlooked Olympic Gull.
(Vancouver BC, Sept 23 2025)
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The white and gray Western Gull has a yellow beak with a red spot, pink legs and feet, and black and white tail feathers. This gull was on a brownish rock overlooking the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean in Bodega Bay, California.
Western Gull in one of its favorite spots overlooking the Pacific Ocean at Bodega Head -- Bodega Bay, California 💙
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Western Gull, Shelter Island, San Diego, August 31, 2025. More flora and photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Gull #Gulls #WesternGull #ShelterIsland #SanDiego
Western Gull, Shelter Island, San Diego, August 31, 2025. More flora and photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Gull #Gulls #WesternGull #ShelterIsland #SanDiego
Western Gull, Shelter Island, San Diego, August 31, 2025. More flora and photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Gull #Gulls #WesternGull #ShelterIsland #SanDiego
Western Gull, Shelter Island, San Diego, August 31, 2025. More flora and photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Gull #Gulls #WesternGull #ShelterIsland #SanDiego
Western Gull surveying its realm, Shelter Island, San Diego, August 31, 2025.
More flora and photos:
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Western Gull, Shelter Island, San Diego, August 31, 2025. More flora and photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Gull #Gulls #WesternGull #ShelterIsland #SanDiego
Western Gull, Shelter Island, San Diego, August 31, 2025.
More flora and photos:
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Western Gulls foraging for brunch, Shelter Island, San Diego, August 31, 2025. More flora and photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Gull #Gulls #WesternGull #ShelterIsland #SanDiego
Western Gulls foraging for brunch, Shelter Island, San Diego, August 31, 2025. More flora and photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Gull #Gulls #WesternGull #ShelterIsland #SanDiego
Western Gulls foraging for brunch, Shelter Island, San Diego, August 31, 2025.
More flora and photos:
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Western Gull Uses Garbage Truck for 80‑Mile Commute, GPS Study Shows
A Western gull tagged in 2018 rode a garbage truck for an 80‑mile round‑trip from San Francisco to a compost site near Modesto, repeating the commute twice in three days. Read more: getnews.me/western-gull-uses-garbag... #westerngull #garbagetruck
Western gull on a western shore. Peace! #birds #birding #gulls #seagull #birdwatching #peace #pacific #westerngull
A Long-billed Curlew tosses a sand crab into the air for nefarious purposes.
A Western Gull holds a sand crab in its bill, savoring and anticipating.
A Long-billed Curlew gently places its bill around a sand crab lying on the sand.
Pacific Sand Crab -- delicious and abundant. #longbilledcurlew #westerngull #pacificsandcrab #bird #birdphotography
