Glaucous Gull in Hennepin County
2014-12-01

Uncommon in Hennepin County in the Winter season

This large characteristic first-cycle Glaucous Gull in spite of the recent sub-zero temps was still present and the only gull on a frozen Lake Harriet today when I was there. It remained sitting on the ice in a side profile showing off its translucent short primary projection, paler than the rest of its plumage with narrow dark arrowhead markings near the tips, diagnostic of first year.

Conny M. Brunell