Lesser
Black-backed Gull at Long Wharf, Boston
9/13/2001
This gull
has been reported by various observers over the past few years.
It now appears to be an adult/fourth summer bird, in summer plumage.
It is molting coverts.
Note the reduced white in the primaries.
It is very approachable. . .
well,
it might complain a bit,
but it
usually calms down.