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alonglistofbirds · 6 months
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[1996/11056] California gull - Larus californicus
Order: Charadriiformes Suborder: Lari Family: Laridae (gulls, terns and skimmers)
Photo credit: Volker Hesse via Macaulay Library
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great-and-small · 14 days
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Hi what's your suggestion for Utah's state bird? I've always been slightly unimpressed that our state bird has another states name in it lol.
That’s really my primary quibble with the California Gull as a selection. The Mormon backstory is cool and I love gulls but it just seems silly to have another state name branding your state bird. That said, the California gull is really more of an Utah gull anyway so in my perfect world the bird would be renamed and Utah would keep it.
Utah has actually had something similar with their state tree. It was the “Colorado” spruce for decades before they changed it to the Quaking Aspen. It takes moxie to change a state symbol and I admire that! If I had to pick another bird for Utah I’d say something like the Golden Eagle (already the state bird of prey and very meaningful to the people of Utah) or maybe a shorebird from the salt lakes like the American Avocet.
Utah will probably never change the state bird because the California gull is adored by the population, but I think it would be reasonable to pursue a more appropriate name for the species.
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na-bird-of-the-day · 11 months
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BOTD: California Gull
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Photo: J. N. Stuart
"Part of a complex of similar gulls, this bird closely resembles the Herring Gull or Ring-billed Gull, and is intermediate between those two in size. It nests around lakes in the interior of the west, and winters commonly along the Pacific Coast, including offshore waters. This was the species that came to the rescue of the Mormon settlers whose crops were threatened by a grasshopper plague in 1848, inspiring the seagull monument in Salt Lake City."
- Audubon Field Guide
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200isoshearwater · 1 year
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shorebirds on torrance beach
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susiestamps · 10 days
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US 1982 20¢ Utah - California Gull, Sego Lily (from State Birds & Flowers)
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California Gull (Larus californicus)
Taken at Leo Carrillo State Beach in Malibu, California
status: least concern
One of the more common birds to see on almost any beach along the California coast.
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northernpintail · 8 months
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California Gull (I think)
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bestgullpoll · 11 months
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Round 2, Side B: Match 32
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[Image ID: Two pictures of gulls. The left is a California gull standing on rocky ground. The right is a red-legged kittiwake standing on a rock with a small leafy branch in its bill. /End ID]
The California gull (Larus californicus) breeds in interior western North America and migrates to the western coast of North America in the winter. They typically measure 46-55 cm (18-22 in) in length and 122-137 cm (48-54 in) in wingspan. They have white underparts and head, grey upperparts and wings with black tips and white "mirrors," yellow legs, and yellow bill with black ring and red spot. They feed on fish, insects, worms, bird eggs, and carrion. To catch alkali flies that congregate on the shores of salty lakes, they will run through swarms with their head down and bill open, snapping flies up along the way.
The red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris) is a small gull that breeds on islands in the Bering Sea and spends the winter at sea. They typically measure 35-39 cm (14-15 in) in length and 84-92 cm (33-36 in) in wingspan. They have white underparts and head, dark grey back and wings with black tips, short yellow bill, and red legs. They feed on fish, squid, and invertebrates. They are listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.
California gull image by docentjoyce
red-legged kittiwake image by Travis S
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squawkoverflow · 1 year
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A new variant has been added!
California Gull (Larus californicus) © Chris Fisher
It hatches from black, brown, common, dark, dull, greenish, intermediate, many, messy, pink, red, western, white, and widespread eggs.
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California Gull (Larus californicus)
© Michel Gosselin (MCN)
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emperornorton47 · 9 months
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California Gull
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Possibly: juvenile California Gull
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minmos · 3 months
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i hate bird identification bc it's like.
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every single one of these are all different bird species and if you cant tell them apart YOU ARE STUPID .... now sit down and wait to get a rare bird alert for a seagull that's identical to every one you've seen before. and Your ass is going to have to buy a plane ticket if you think you're going to see a european herring gull in your pathetic lifetime. *spits on you*
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These are all the same one though.
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mister-writes · 3 months
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Wait, why is there bird name drama about it??
The issue is covered pretty nicely in this article here, but as a basic summary:
A lot of birds have people's names attached to them (Franklin's gull, as an example). Some of the people the birds were named after are Not Great (racists, eugenicists, etc.). Plus, having People Names doesn't really tell you anything about the bird or what it does, unlike names like Yellow-headed blackbird or Prairie warbler, which tell you what the bird looks like or where it lives right off the bat.
Because of that (particularly the Racist Bird Name bit), there's been a recent push to rename some of the more egregious examples. But then you get into the tricky area of deciding who is Good enough to have a bird named after them and who isn't, which wouldn't be a good situation for anyone involved.
So instead, the American Ornithological Society, which is in charge of the official names of all American birds, has decided that they're going to rename every single bird that's named after any person. That's over a hundred birds in North America. This has irritated a big facet of the birding community, particularly older birders who don't want to learn any new bird names and/or think that the decision is too "woke" (so much so that someone on my local bird page went on a multi-post rant about boobies and bushtits and other "inappropriate" bird names that were staying the same).
I for one think it's a good idea, I think it will be pretty cool, and I'm excited to see what they name things! I kind of hope they have some kind of voting or submission period but I don't think they will haha.
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Brown Pelicans & Various Gulls
Pelecanus occidentalis Malibu Lagoon, California
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camphorcapstan · 9 months
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I saw them try to steal someones lunch
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