A mixed flock of Glaucous Gulls <i>Larus hyperboreus</i> and a few Mew Gulls <i>Larus canus brachyrhynchus</i> take flight from a sandbar in Noatak National Preserve. While a regular sight in northwest Alaska, Glaucous Gulls are quite uncommon in the rest of the United States.
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