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Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscus

Brighton Beach, Minnesota

October 4, 2026 · 5:15 PM local time · Reported by Jake Seaberg

Midwest · Reporting when featured

117 reported sightings

On 117 eBird checklists · 7-day window ending October 5, 2026

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Stylized field-guide illustration of a Lesser Black-backed Gull
Flockline species illustration. Not the reported individual.
Notes from this checklist

“This was a really tough ID, but I am confident in lbbg for several reasons- The bird had a deeply contrasting mosaic pattern on the…”

Checklist details

About the observer’s outing.

Survey type
Traveling
Time in the field
52 minutes
Distance covered
0.679 km
Birders on the outing
1 person
Species logged on this checklist
15 different species

No photos are attached to this species on the linked checklist.

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