1st summer Lesser Black-backed Gull in the foreground, Herring Gull in the background. This is the closest I could obtain a side-by-side. The Lesser Black-backed Gull was approximately 4/5ths the size of adjacent Herring Gulls.
A 1st summer Lesser Black-backed Gull at Conneaut Harbor, Ashtabula Co. on 31 July 2001. Peterjohn 2001 (The Birds of Ohio 2nd ed.) lists 5 documented summer records for Ohio. This is my first experience with the plumage in the United States.
1st summer Lesser Black-backed Gull in the foreground, Herring Gull in the background. This is the closest I could obtain a side-by-side. The Lesser Black-backed Gull was approximately 4/5ths the size of adjacent Herring Gulls.