[Length 11 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This winter plumaged Little Gull was photographed at Holgate, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: July 1983)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This winter plumaged Little Gull in flight was photographed at Holgate, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: July 1983)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Little Gull was photographed at Titchwell RSPB Reserve, Norfolk, England. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 2002)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This adult (left) and first year (right) Little Gull were photographed at Titchwell RSPB Reserve, Norfolk, England. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 2002)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This first winter Little Gull was photographed at Port Aransas, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter (EFL=750mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: February 17, 2011)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This first winter Little Gull was photographed at Port Aransas, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter (EFL=750mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: February 17, 2011)

[Length 16 in. Wingspan 43 in.]

Mew Gulls occur in Europe, Asia, and western North America. In North America they breed in northwestern Canada and across much of Alaska. They winter along the west coasts of Canada and the US. Mew Gulls are distinguished from other gulls by their small, plain, greenish-yellow bill and overall small size, and from the similar Black-legged Kittiwake by the white spots at the tips of their wings. This one was photographed on a rock at the edge of Potter Point Marsh near Anchorage, Alaska. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1988)

[Length 16 in. Wingspan 43 in.]

This winter plumaged Mew Gull was photographed at Monterey Bay, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1981)