Laughing Gull at Russell Lakes SWA, Saguache County on June 5

[David Suddjian]

An alternate-plumaged adult Laughing Gull was at Johnson Lake in Russell Lakes SWA, Saguache County last evening. It was with a small party of Franklin's Gulls, flying around and resting on the lake. It is missing one or two inner primaries on the left wing. Johnson is the lake east of the parking lot located along Hwy 285. eBird has three prior records in the San Luis Valley: Sept 2012, May 2016, and Sept 2022 - all single day reports. 

David Suddjian

Littleton, CO