Wildlife

Glaucous-winged gull

Larus glaucescens
Glaucous-winged gull

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Habitat
Fort Clatsop
Conservation
Secure
First Observed
1805-12-08

Lewis noted 3 gull species at Fort Clatsop, the “light brown” bird may have been a juvenile of an uncertain species.

Journal References

15 journal entries mention Glaucous-winged gull

Sep 11 1804
Missouri River near White River — John Ordway: September 11, 1804
...ot wet loading, & I returned over mountains & rough hills & Gullies &. C. &. C. George Shannon who had been absent with the horses 16 days joined the Boat about one...
Apr 29 1805
John Ordway: April 29, 1805
...early like rough mountains Some red ceeder in the hollows & gullies in the Mountains, these Sheep are verry wild, and keep mostly in these bare hills or mountains 1...
May 20 1805
Missouri River near Musselshell River — John Ordway: May 20, 1805
...ch causes causes the wall of unequal hite, in the hollars & gullies I Saw Some Scrubby ceddr. the low walls Strait White & handsom, like ancient elegant buildings, ...
Jun 20 1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: June 20, 1805
...alf way down to Camp it being too late to go round the deep gulleys &c. Cap! Clark Saw gangs of buffalow attempt to Swim the river ab’ the falls. Some went over. ...
Aug 31 1805
Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots — John Ordway: August 31, 1805
... him. we then proceeded on over rough high hills. Some deep gullies of white earth. Several of the na- tives followed us. went about eight miles without water and h...
Aug 31 1805
Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots — Joseph Whitehouse: August 31, 1805
...oceeded on over rough hills Some of them high & Steep, deep Gullies and white earth which had been washed down by rains &c. went about eight miles and halted to bat...
Sep 18 1805
Lost and starving in Bitterroot Mountains — John Ordway: September 18, 1805
...n, had come 14 miles this day. took our horses down a Steep gulley to a run to water them, we Supped on a little portable Soup and Slept on this Sidling Moun- tain....
Oct 10 1805
Snake River rapids, near Lewiston — John Ordway: October 10, 1805
...e Saw porpises in the River. Saw a number of Sea otter, Sea gulls, ducks &C. continued raining hard abl noon the wind rose So high that [it] obledged us to turn bac...
Oct 20 1805
Columbia River near Wallula Gap — Patrick Gass: October 20, 1805
...d along a handsome part of the river; saw some pelicans and gulls. And as the shores are lined with dead salmon, there are abundance of crows and ravens. Vast quant...
Oct 22 1805
Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage — Patrick Gass: October 22, 1805
early, and saw a great number of ducks, geese and gulls. At 10 o’clock we came to a large island, where the river has cut its way through the point of a...
Nov 3 1805
Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary — Patrick Gass: November 3, 1805
...dges: and saw a great many swans, geese, ducks, cranes, and gulls. We went 28 miles and encamped on the north side. In the evening we saw Mount Rainy on the same si...
Nov 4 1805
Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary — Patrick Gass: November 4, 1805
...dges: and saw a great many swans, geese, ducks, cranes, and gulls. We went 28 miles and encamped on the north side. In the evening we saw Mount Rainy on the same si...
Nov 10 1805
Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp — Patrick Gass: November 10, 1805
...o day we saw some porpoises, sea otter and a great many sea gulls. The water is become very salt.
Dec 22 1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 22, 1805
early, and saw a great number of ducks, geese and gulls. At 10 o'clock we came to a large island, where the river has cut its way through the point of a h...
Mar 5 1806
Clark: March 5, 1806
...e blue and brown heron, fishing Hawk, blue crested fisher, Gulls of Several Species of the Coast, the large grey Gull of the Columbia, Comorant, loons of two Spec...

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