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I saw these birds today at Sandy Hook beach in New Jersey. I see the great blacked gull in the back left. Are the ones to the right with the lighter back Lesser black-backed? I think the larger bird on the left is an American herring gull.. Then the small bird front left and the larger, mostly white bird front right have me lost. Any help identifying the birds in this picture would be greatly appreciated

I have nightmares like this.

Based strictly on wing color, I think your front right is an American Herring. The front left small one may be a Ring-billed.

Any chance you would send me the original? We have the same large gulls here and I'd like to tackle the IDs as practice.

All the larger gulls are Great Black-backed of varying ages. A few adult Herring and an adult Ringer on the left as well. I don’t see any I would call Lesser Black-backed, they would be slightly smaller than the Herring.

The original is too big (15 MB) to attach... Is there another way I can get it to you?

Sbruenjes wrote: Sun Apr 12, 2026 5:15 pm The original is too big (15 MB) to attach... Is there another way I can get it to you?

Thanks but I'm good with Avery's diagnosis. The potential Lessers were the only ones that really had me flummoxed.