Bird of the Week – Glaucous Gull
The Glaucous Gull is Alaska’s largest pale gull.
Glaucous Gull, Dalton Highway
In shape and size, the Glaucous Gull is similar to the more familiar Herring Gull and Glaucous-winged Gull. But the Glaucous Gull has no black in its feathers, is quite pale and has a clear yellow iris. There are other very pale gulls in Alaska, but you won’t usually see them unless you are in Barrow in October. WC has no idea what this north coastal bird was doing at Galbraith Camp, along the Dalton Highway, 200 miles inland.
Camera geek stuff: f11, 1/3200, ISO2500.
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Being on the ocean, of course, Juneau has lots of big gulls. My fave joke from years past is when we had a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise that the high school kids routinely referred to as “Kentucky Fried Seagull.”