early molt – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Ring-billed Gull In Earlier Than Normal Definitive Alternate Plumage

By Mia McPherson|January 17th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, comparison, Definitive Alternate Plumage, Definitive Basic Plumage, early molt, gull, gulls, Larus delawarensis, molt, nonbreeding plumage, Ring-billed Gull, urban, winter|

I start seeing some Ring-billed Gulls in breeding/Definitive Alternate Plumage in February but I sure didn't expect to see this one on the third day of January, I was quite surprised by it.