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The Glaucous winged Gull,
Larus glaucescens is the predominant seabird nesting on Race Rocks. It is also abundant throughout most of the year in the area. In June of 2000, David Mesiha and Satoshi Kimura (PC yr 25) made videos of different aspects of gull behavior while staying on the island. Thus started the archiveing of videos for racerocks.com
May 1: Breeding in the colony has started and will continue throughout May and June.
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June 1-16 : Aggression between males is frequent. This takes the form of plucking grass in a standoff and in beak pulling. In this way territories are defined as the nests are being built.
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