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Seasonal Key:

Winter = November – February
Spring = (February) March – May
Summer = June – July
Fall = (July) August – October

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Franklin’s Gull, Larus pipixcan

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Winter, Spring

Breeder: No

Credit: Raymond Lee Photography

Bonaparte’s Gull, Larus philadelphia

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Breeder: No

Credit: Raymond Lee Photography

Heermann’s Gull, Larus heermanni

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Breeder: No

Credit: Wikimedia Commons User Basar

Mew Gull, Larus canus

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Winter, Spring, Fall

Breeder: No

Credit: Donna A. Dewhurst, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Winter, Spring, Fall

Breeder: No

Credit: Flickr User Time (Seabamirum)

California Gull, Larus californicus

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Breeder: No

Credit: Guy Monty

Herring Gull, Larus argentatus

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Winter, Spring, Fall

Breeder: No

Credit: Malene Thyssen

Thayer’s Gull, Larus thayeri

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Winter, Spring, Fall

Breeder: No

Credit: Terry Sohl

Western Gull, Larus occidentalis

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Breeder: No

Credit: Wikimedia Commons User Dschwen

Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucescens

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Breeder: No

Credit: Dick Daniels

Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Winter, Spring, Fall

Breeder: No

Credit: Art Sowls, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Least Tern, Sterna antillarum

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall

Breeder: No

Credit: Joseph Kennedy

Caspian Tern, Sterna caspia

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall

Breeder: No

Credit: Kevin Cole

Elegant Tern, Sterna elegans

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall

Breeder: No

Credit: Wikimedia Commons User Regular Daddy

Common Tern, Sterna hirundo

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Spring, Fall

Breeder: No

Credit: Andreas Trepte

Forster’s Tern, Sterna forsteri

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Breeder: No

Credit: Kevin Cole

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