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Kelp Gull - January 3, 2004

Kelp Gull at Sandgates, MD 

The famous Kelp Gull, recently accepted by the Maryland Bird Records Committee.  This bird, at least nine years old now (when it first appeared five years ago it was already in adult plumage), has been viewed by thousands of birders and non-birders from every corner of the continent and perhaps even the globe.

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Note the leg color in relation to the Great Black-backed Gull behind

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All photos January 3, 2004 by Geoff Malosh

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