Western Gull

Larus occidentalis

Western Gull photographed by Mark Curtis
Western Gull photographed by Sean
Vancouver · August 8, 2023

When to look

Reported most in January, across 1.2M open records.

Records by month. January, 126,075 records. February, 98,364 records. March, 93,784 records. April, 90,526 records. May, 91,999 records. June, 74,346 records. July, 94,268 records. August, 114,769 records. September, 123,230 records. October, 109,135 records. November, 104,685 records. December, 109,988 records.

Occurrence data from GBIF (incl. the eBird Observation Dataset, © Cornell Lab of Ornithology, CC BY 4.0). Descriptive, not predictive.

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