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Sunset At Longbeach Great Sunset with some Glaucous Gulls in the foreground  Beach,Glaucous gull,Larus hyperboreus,Sunset,seagull Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Sunset At Longbeach

Great Sunset with some Glaucous Gulls in the foreground

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  1. Welcome to JungleDragon, Hunny! Posted 9 years ago

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The glaucous gull is a large gull, the second-largest gull in the world. The genus name is from Latin ''larus'', which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific name ''hyperboreus'' is Latin for "northern" from the Ancient Greek ''Huperboreoi'' people from the far north "Glaucous" is from Latin ''glaucus'' and denotes the grey colour of the gull. An older English name for this species is burgomaster.

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Uploaded Jul 20, 2016. Captured Jul 19, 2016 20:41.
  • iPhone 6
  • f/2.2
  • 1/3049s
  • ISO32
  • 4.15mm