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Posted: **Sun Feb 15, 2026 4:14 pm**

I got one of those

Western Kingbird by johnd1964, on Flickr

Posted: **Sun Feb 15, 2026 5:13 pm**

P5018086...western kingbird by lonesome55dove, on Flickr

Posted: **Sun Feb 15, 2026 5:42 pm**

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Posted: **Sun Feb 15, 2026 6:05 pm**

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.

Posted: **Sun Feb 15, 2026 6:37 pm**

Posted: **Mon Feb 16, 2026 1:36 am**

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.

Posted: **Tue Feb 17, 2026 6:32 pm**

I've seen these, and had to learn to distinguish them from the Tropicals, but I don't think I have any photos!

Posted: **Thu Feb 19, 2026 10:59 am**

May 2025. Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument, New Mexico. eBird checklist S241522715

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

Posted: **Fri Feb 20, 2026 3:55 am**

Posted: **Fri Feb 20, 2026 4:19 am**

Braxton L wrote: Fri Feb 20, 2026 3:55 am

Great shot!!

Posted: **Sun Feb 22, 2026 11:36 am**

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!

Posted: **Sun Feb 22, 2026 2:58 pm**

Laughing Gull chasing off a Parasitic Jaeger that had been harassing it.

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Posted: **Sun Feb 22, 2026 4:28 pm**

I got my best pic of a laughing gull at Fernandina Beach in Florida.

Laughing gull - Fernandina Beach, FL by stevebruenjes, on Flickr

Posted: **Sun Feb 22, 2026 4:43 pm**

California Gull

P6187812...California Gull by lonesome55dove, on Flickr

Posted: **Sun Feb 22, 2026 5:43 pm**

Laughing Gull
Texas City, TX
3/9/85

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California Gull
Santa Barbara, CA
12/25/95

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Posted: **Sun Feb 22, 2026 6:07 pm**

Juvenile Laughing Gull in winter plumage

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Posted: **Sun Feb 22, 2026 6:40 pm**

Posted: **Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:12 pm**

Laughing Gull at Port Aransas TX. Picked this one because of the sign.

A California Gull in Lubbock TX.

Posted: **Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:29 pm**

Laughing Gull

California Gull

Posted: **Sun Feb 22, 2026 11:44 pm**

Laughing Gull. Panama City Beach FL

Posted: **Mon Feb 23, 2026 12:44 am**

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.

Posted: **Mon Feb 23, 2026 2:58 am**

only have the Laughing Gull. this one is missing a foot.
June 2015

Laughing Gull Foot Missing Aransas NWR by johnd1964, on Flickr

Posted: **Thu Feb 26, 2026 11:02 am**

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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