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I got one of those


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ImageP5018086...western kingbird by lonesome55dove, on Flickr
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The Bird Nuts wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 3:45 am
aveschapinas wrote: Mon Feb 09, 2026 3:18 am I've seen them - and occasionally even been able to distinguish the Eastern from the Western - but I don't have any photos!
I think you may be confusing them with Wood-Pewees.
Oh my goodness, you're right! I must have been tired when I posted LOL! I have no Eastern Phoebes.
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Saw this bird in the parking lot of a car dealership next to where we stopped to eat when traveling from Denver to Rocky Mt NP last year.
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I've seen these, and had to learn to distinguish them from the Tropicals, but I don't think I have any photos!
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May 2025. Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument, New Mexico. eBird checklist S241522715

Lifer from last year's Taos - Santa Fe trip.

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Braxton L wrote: Fri Feb 20, 2026 3:55 am Image
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Good morning, Whatbirders! The random number generator spit out an East Coast species this morning, so I'm pairing with a western one!

Laughing Gull

California Gull

The guideline is only one photo per species per week, please. On those occasions when I name more than one species, you're welcome to post one photo of each species. Details and stories behind the photos are encouraged!
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Laughing Gull chasing off a Parasitic Jaeger that had been harassing it.
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I got my best pic of a laughing gull at Fernandina Beach in Florida.
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California Gull
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Laughing Gull
Texas City, TX
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Juvenile Laughing Gull in winter plumage
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- Bird Nut #1
(with the help of Bird Nut #2 on occasion)
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Laughing Gull at Port Aransas TX. Picked this one because of the sign.
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A California Gull in Lubbock TX.
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Laughing Gull
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California Gull
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Laughing Gull. Panama City Beach FL
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I have a bunch of these, so it was hard to choose; I decided to go for drama and artistic effect. Laughing Gulls taking their perch on the light poles for the night.
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only have the Laughing Gull. this one is missing a foot.
June 2015


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Horry County SC. Oct 2023. eBird checklist S151179246

From the autumn 2023 meeting of the Carolina Bird Club. I picked up a couple of lifer shorbs on this trip. The mosquitos were ... challenging.

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