Larids
Photos of Ross's Gull, Mew Gull, California Gull, and adult and juvenile Black-legged Kittiwake are on the Iowa Rarities page.
unidentified gull -- unusual first-year Herring Gull or Iowa's second Slaty-backed Gull?, Red Rock Dam, Marion County, Iowa, November 2000.
Thayer's Gull -- a first-year bird from Red Rock Dam, Marion County, Iowa, 12 April 2002.
Thayer's Gull -- above bird, Red Rock Dam, Marion County, Iowa, 12 April 2002.
Thayer's Gull -- above bird, Red Rock Dam, Marion County, Iowa, 12 April 2002.
Thayer's Gull -- a pale first-year bird from Red Rock Dam, Marion County, Iowa, Dec 1997.
Black-headed Gull -- adult alternate, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 1997.
Yellow-footed Gull -- adult, Red Hill, Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, July 1999.
Yellow-footed Gull -- adult, Obsidian Butte, Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, February 2003.
Yellow-footed Gull -- adult, Obsidian Butte, Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, February 2003.