After puzzling over the New Jersey Mystery Bird in early December 1995, I spent a few days at Hatteras about two weeks later. I was on the lookout for any first winter Herring Gulls that resembled the New Jersey bird. Most I think are indeed Herring Gulls, probably runt females, but this is by no means certain. They also resemble Paul Buckley's Jones Beach bird that appeared in the February 1998 Birding .
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The last image is a photograph from Tullytown PA, in early April of 1996. Click on the thumbnail image to load the full image. Set your monitor to at least thousands of colors. This and the next three are the same bird. This and the next are the same bird.