The Kelp Gull is in the news right now as I write this because one of them is breeding with an American Herring Gull in Wisconsin. This is highly unusual and in fact this bird mostly sticks to very southern South America in Argentina, Chile but also as far as Antarctica where they are the only regular gull species. That is where I saw and photographed these. They are most closely resembling our Black-backed Gulls and somewhat intermediate between the two in size and some other traits.
An adult bird.
A first winter bird.
A poor Kelp Gull being harassed by a Brown Skua.
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