Sightings:
- Kamchatka Gull (adult). New Haven County, Connecticut. 01 March 2025.
- Vega Gull (adult type). Sarasota County, Florida. 01 March 2025.
- Same individual from Volusia County in February 2025.
- Great Black-backed Gull (2nd cycle). Flathead County, Montana. 01 March 2025.
- 6th State Record.
- Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Franklin County, Washington. 01 March 2025.
- Continuing.
- Slaty-backed Gull (subadult). St. John's, Newfoundland. 01 March 2025.
- Continuing.
- Heermann's Gull (6th cycle/adult). Volusia County, Florida. 01 March 2025.
- Atlantic coast bird.
- California Gull (adult). Muskegon County, Michigan. 03 March 2025.
- Vega Gull (adult). Cameron County, Texas. 07 March 2025.
- Apparently, the continuing adult from January 2025.
- Heermann's Gull (6th cycle/adult). Pender County, North Carolina. 08 March 2025.
- Atlantic coast bird, apparently back north.
- California Gull (1st cycle). Hancock County, Mississippi. 08 March 2025.
- Thayer's Gull (adult & 1st cycle). Hancock County, Mississippi. 08 March 2025.
- Gray Gull (adult type). Walton County, Florida. 14 March 2025.
- Presumably the returning 1st ABA individual, last reported here in late October 2024.
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (3rd cycle). Comox Valley Regional District, Vancouver Island. 15 March 2025.
- 5th island record.
- Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Sussex County, Delaware. 15 March 2025.
- 1st State Record, although a previous report from 2023 may supersede this.
- Black-headed Gull (adult). Cuyahoga County, Ohio. 16 March 2025.
- Heermann's Gull (1st cycle). Nueces, Texas. 18 March 2025.
- Ambiguous report from Mustang Island. Photos.
- California Gull (adult). Dane County, Wisconsin. 18 March 2025.
- 1st County Record.
- Azores Gull (1st cycle). Volusia County, Florida. 20 March 2025.
- 1ST STATE RECORD.
- Black-headed Gull (adult). Volusia County, Florida. 21 March 2025.
- Gray Gull (adult type). Mobile County, Alabama. 23 March 2025.
- Alternate plumage. Apparently, the FL Gulf Coast bird that drifts west from time to time.
- Vega Gull (1st cycle). Los Angeles County, California. 26 March 2025.
- Pale individual found on the Los Angeles River.
Notes:
- On 20 March 2025, Michael Brothers found what appears to be the first bona fide 1st cycle Azores Gull (Larus michahellis atlantis) in the ABA Area. This is a remarkable sighting and may prove to be the farthest south and west this taxon has ever been recorded.
- On 26 March 2025, John Cassady & Bill Sharkey recorded 168 Lesser Black-backed Gulls in northern Indiana. 104 in Fulton County and 62 in St. Joseph County surely shatter any previous county high counts, with 104 now being a new state high count for the species. The majority of individuals were reportedly adults, with few 3rd, 2nd and 1st cycles.
- In the last several years, an increasing number of putative adult California x Ring-billed hybrids have been reported in the West. In particular, Liam Singh has been recording individuals from Vancouver Island in California Gull flocks beginning in 2022 with a noticeable spike in sightings this month. This begs the question, have these hybrids always been under our nose unnoticed, or is there a genuine increase in this hybrid of late?