Laughing Gull
Larus atricilla

Montrose Point, Lincoln Park, Chicago
Cook County, IL
10 September 2005 and 6 June 2006


An adult Laughing had been seen on Montrose Beach off and on in the spring and early summer of 2006 after Pete Quagliana first spotted it there on 8 May. Here it is on 6 June 2006.

In the fall of 2005, the Laughing Gull at Montrose was in basic plumage, here seen with a couple of Ring-billed Gulls on 10 September 2005.


This page was last updated on 8 June 2006.
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