17 Mile Drive - Heermann's Gull

17 Mile Drive - Heermann's Gull, originally uploaded by kimberzy.

To be honest, trying to ID gulls is about as easy to me as it is to ID sparrows (which to me, is not easy) - lol. But this handsome fellow, has a distinctive red bill and black legs, which identifies him as a Heermann's Gull. He (or she) is in its breeding plumage, as its head is white. In non breeding plumage, the head is grey.