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Upper right image

Caption: Upper right image
Additional Description: Western gulls (Larus occidentalis)
Nesting on flat ground is characteristic for western gulls, so Alcatraz's parade ground, constructed in the 1870s to provide the island's army troops a place to drill, is "natural" habitat for these birds.
Submitted: May 13, 2019, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
Database Locator Identification Number: p474521
File Size: 0.126 Megabytes

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