I know what they aren't.....they aren't our normal Glaucous-wing, or little Mew Gulls, or Ring bill Gulls which we do occasionally see this time of year as they are migrating...
the head doesn't look right for a Herring Gull, and also the eye appears dark and not yellow...
My best guess, after consulting my Sibley's Bird Book was Thayer's Gull but when I went to report them as such, I find that there is no such bird anymore on E Bird....there is an Icelandic Thayers.....so I don't know. Will reach out to some experts and try and figure it out. Perhaps it is a cross of some sort....
description - pink legs, small head, greenish bill with black at the tip, dark gray plumage with extensive smudging on the head, neck and breast.
If I find out....I'll let you know. Also, saw the first Rufous Hummingbird over at the park....have had one at my feeders, but this was the first over there.
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