[Tweeters] Can you identify the gull species?-Video: Seagull hits teen in face while on on Jersey Shore ride - YouTube

[Hans-Joachim Feddern]

Dan,
I agree with Doug! Having lived in Maryland and birded there and in
Delaware, it does look like a Laughing Gull with the dark mantel and there
seems to be a brief look at a dark head.

Hans

On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 11:50 PM Doug Santoni <dougsantoni at gmail.com> wrote:


> Dan — Having spent time on the Jersey shore, and also the shore in MD and

> DE, I think it looks a lot like a Laughing Gull!

>

> Doug Santoni

> Seattle

>

> > On Sep 25, 2021, at 11:40 PM, Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com> wrote:

> >

> > Well, Tweeters,

> >

> > Four things:

> > 1. Even Alfred Hitchcock would have been impressed.

> > 2. The gull must have been as startled as the teenager.

> > 3. Very impressive reaction by the teen. Not sure what I would have done.

> > 4. In the clip there is a very brief front view of the gull’s head.

> > Can you identify the species?

> > Dan Reiff

> > MI

> >

> > The news clip:

> >

> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_3UacKgUmU

> >

> >

> > Sent from my iPhone

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*Hans Feddern*
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