Talk:Western gull

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Replaced pic[edit]

Took the liberty of replacing the old western gull pic by a new one. Could anyone please double check if this is really a Western Gull. To quote User:Chick Bowen: "The faded pink legs, clean white (unstreaked) neck, and broad white tips of the tertial feathers are pretty clear to me." (commons:User_talk:Dschwen). --Dschwen 11:41, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like one, and the location/plumage fits.Sabine's Sunbird 14:05, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Article Needs Expansion[edit]

96.41.164.58 (talk) 06:57, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Milk Stealing[edit]

Added this as part of the feeding ritual, pilfering milk from the elephant seal....even though the citation focuses on feral cats, further down in the article text it is stated:

"A similar behavior was carried out by western gulls; they approached a pup and pecked on the pup's head, causing it to retreat, and then positioned their beak sideways to receive the milk dripping from the teat of the female elephant seal. This was observed several times during our stay at Guadalupe, always during daylight hours. The perpetrators were adult gulls and second year chicks." RomanGrandpa (talk) 14:43, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]