Photo-feature: Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
The Laughing Gull Larus atricilla is a common species breeding mostly in coastal marshes in the eastern US, Texas, and the Carribean. It has been recorded in Japan on several occasions, but not - so far - from South Korea.
(All photographs © Birds Korea/Charlie Moores. Taken on Key Biscayne, Miami October 2003 and November 2004)
![imm Laughing Gull](/Images/images2004/laugh01mianov04.jpg)
1st Winter, Miami, Nov 2004
![imm Laughing Gull](/Images/images2004/laugh02mianov04.jpg)
1st Winter, Miami, Nov 2004
![imm Laughing Gull](/Images/images2004/laugh03mianov04.jpg)
1st Winter, Miami, Nov 2004
![imm Laughing Gull](/Images/images2004/laugh04mianov04.jpg)
1st Winter, Miami, Nov 2004
![imm Laughing Gull](/Images/images2004/laugh09mianov04.jpg)
1st Winters, Miami, Nov 2004
![Laughing Gull](/Images/images2004/laugh10mianov04.jpg)
Group of 1st Winters, Miami, Nov 2004
![imm Laughing Gull](/Images/images/laugh03miaoct03.jpg)
1st Winter, Miami, Oct 2003
![Laughing Gull](/Images/images2004/laugh05mianov04.jpg)
Mixed age group, Miami, Nov 2004
![Laughing Gull](/Images/images/laugh01miaoct03.jpg)
1st Winter (left), Adults and 2nd Winter (far right), Miami, Oct 2003
![Laughing Gull](/Images/images2004/laugh08mianov04.jpg)
Mixed age group, Miami, Nov 2004
![Laughing Gull](/Images/images/laugh04miaoct03.jpg)
2nd Winter, Miami, Oct 2003
![Laughing Gull](/Images/images/laugh02miaoct03.jpg)
2nd Winter, Miami, Oct 2003
![Laughing Gull](/Images/images2004/laugh06mianov04.jpg)
2nd Winter, Miami, Nov 2004
![Laughing Gull](/Images/images/laugh05miaoct03.jpg)
Adult, Miami, Oct 2003
![Laughing Gull](/Images/images/laugh06miaoct03.jpg)
Adult, Miami, Oct 2003
![Laughing Gull](/Images/images/laugh07miaoct03.jpg)
Adult, Miami, Oct 2003
![Laughing Gull](/Images/images/laugh08miaoct03.jpg)
Adult, Miami, Oct 2003
![Laughing Gull](/Images/images2004/laugh07mianov04.jpg)
Adult, Miami, Nov 2004