Mew Gull (American)
Larus canus
(L 16" WS 43" Wt 15 oz)
One of the smallest “white-headed”
gulls...along the Pacific Coast in winter.
Kirby Park
Elkhorn, CA
19Dec2012
For no real reason he‘d always had the
impression that birds were eternal, and
whenever he happened to see a dead one
he felt mildly wonder-struck, as if he were
looking at something that should never had
happened.
(Andrea Camilleri)