For birders, gulls identification is what sets the men apart from the boys
It's tricky, as most species have 3 or more phases. The adult bird in breeding plumage on the left is a herring gull. You are in about the southermost part of their range for this time of year. The bird on the right is likely a juvenile herring gull, but I wouldn't bet the farm on it. To be great at juvenile gull ID is to know and be able to discern slight differences in darkness of wing tip, etc. Even then, they are highly variable. I'm a rookie at juvie gull ID.
we videod my oldest son (who is autistic) at Wildwood Crest, NJ last summer with a bag of microwave popcorn and a flock of seagulls.......LMAO.....He begged and begged to feed the gulls, so we let him. Needless to say, it got interesting for him. He has yet to ask to take a whole bag of popcorn into a flock of gulls like that again. Not sure if we even still have that vid but it was funny!
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