Could someone help me confirm this is an AMERICAN HERRING GULL?
seen a few days ago in Sebastian County (River Valley)
I had considered California Gull due to what felt like a more tubular (less gony angle) bill and just a notch bigger in overall size than adjacent Ring-billed Gulls. but, resolved with Herring Gull when I noted the pale inner primaries.
poor stills and low light, but here's some description of what I saw...
- bicolored bill with paler base - dark eye - black eye "mask" (pale face, top of head/neck) - pale base of tail with corse marking - paler inner primaries - chocolatey brown overall, rather than a gray
