I headed over to Malibu Lagoon State Beach after Todd McGrath reported a 1st cycle Lesser Black-backed Gull on Sunday. I never found the bird, nor did Todd and others that looked on Monday, but I did get some nice crackers of Mew, Glaucous-winged, Bonaparte’s Gull and other goodies.
![](/images/malibu_lagoon_022012.jpg)
There were well over 300 gulls on the beach, the most numerous being California and Western, Ring-billed, Glaucous-winged, Bonaparte’s, Mew, Thayer’s in order of magnitude. I counted 25 Snowy Plovers along the Lagoon and many of the other usual suspects.
![Snowy Plover Snowy Plover](https://www.kiwifoto.com/images/galleryphotos/snowy_plover/snowy_plover_B13K4181.jpg)
Snowy Plover
![Mew Gull Mew Gull](https://www.kiwifoto.com/images/galleryphotos/mew_gull/mew_gull_B13K4295.jpg)
Mew Gull
![Bonaparte's Gull Bonaparte's Gull](https://www.kiwifoto.com/images/galleryphotos/bonapartes_gull/bonapartes_gull_B13K4230.jpg)
Bonaparte’s Gull
![Glaucous-winged Gull Glaucous-winged Gull](https://www.kiwifoto.com/images/galleryphotos/glaucous_winged_gull/glaucous_winged_gull_B13K4328.jpg)
Glaucous-winged Gull
![Western Gull Western Gull](https://www.kiwifoto.com/images/galleryphotos/western_gull/western_gull_B13K4333.jpg)
Western Gull exhibiting very “yellow” legs
![American Crow American Crow](https://www.kiwifoto.com/images/galleryphotos/american_crow/american_crow_B13K4314.jpg)
American Crow
![Snowy Egret Snowy Egret](https://www.kiwifoto.com/images/galleryphotos/snowy_egret/snowy_egret_B13K4348.jpg)
Snowy Egret
![Glaucous-winged Western Gull Glaucous-winged Western Gull](https://kiwifoto.com/images/galleryphotos/glaucous_winged_gull/glaucous_winged_western_gull_B13K4341.jpg)
Glaucous-winged Gull (left), Western Gull (right)