This west coast gull species is a crowd pleaser especially when in breeding plumage. The vast majority (90%) of this species nests at Isla Rasa in the Gulf of California off of the coast of Baja. However, there are some nesting sites in Seaside, CA. In fact, one of the sites in Seaside was a McDonalds that had an accident and burned out. There are pictures on the Wiki entry for this species of an individual perched on the burnt out McDonalds looking for their nesting site.
We have had at least one individual bird that has been flying up and down the east coast with significant time spent in North Carolina including this one time where we had it at my local beach (Wrightsville Beach).
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