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Ring-billed Gull

Larus Delawarensis


                                                            Photo ©Patricia McQuade

This gull is named for the black ring on the adult’s bill. Some people like to see it catch bread tossed in the air, while flying. This is how it catches insects, too. In winter, some gulls move to the ocean, or migrate to Mexico. Others stay here.

Both the male and female adult gulls have bright white spots on their black wing-tips. Young gulls are brownish, not white. They don’t get their wing spots until they are 3 years old.
Habitat: Coasts, Lakes, Dumps, and Fields. 

Feeding: Worms, Flying ants, Scraps, and Eggs from nesting seabirds.		 Nesting: Nests are built of grasses, pebbles, and sticks.  They are placed on the ground.
Eggs: 3, light brown with dark marks.
Incubation: 21 days
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