No bathing beauties in sight at this season, unless you’re a birdwatcher

The James A. Garfield Memorial, Cleveland
A visit to the Garfield Memorial in Cleveland. Garfield was the 20th president of the United States and was assassinated while in office.







Let me start by saying that although I often photograph birds, I am not a qualified birdwatcher, and usually rely on the word of anyone near me who seems or sounds like he or she knows something. So if those gray-brown guys with the nice striped wings aren’t geese, I wasn’t the only one who didn’t know!
And if they aren’t, who are they?
What geese?
My best guess, another kind of seagull, same size as the seagull just to the right. Too small for geese & lacking their long neck. You can see the head of the rear one, definitely a seagull head.