California Gull Images, Facts and Information:
Larus californicus
- California Gulls are medium sized gulls that have yellow bills and legs with white heads and underparts with medium gray backs.
- They have red eye rings, dark eyes, orange gapes and their bills have has a black line with a red spot on the lower mandible.
- California Gulls are found in western North America where they breed in the interior west.
- They are opportunistic feeders and they will eat just about any thing they can snatch or catch including fish, small mammals, insects, garbage, fruit, grains and marine invertebrates.
- California Gulls lay between 1 to 4 eggs which take 23 to 27 days to hatch. Both parents incubate.
- A group of gulls can be called a “squabble”, “flotilla”, “screech” and “scavenging” of gulls.
- California Gulls can live up to 30 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my California Gull photos.
Close up California Gull in flight
Title: Close up California Gull in flight
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/11/2017
California Gull flying straight at me
Title: California Gull flying straight at me
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/11/2017
Adult California Gull chasing brine flies next to the Great Salt Lake
Title: Adult California Gull chasing brine flies next to the Great Salt Lake
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2017
California Gull in a snow storm
Title: California Gull in a snow storm
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2017
California Gull with snowflake obsidian eyes
Title: California Gull with snowflake obsidian eyes
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/18/2016
Close up showing eye color variation in a California Gull
Title: Close up showing eye color variation in a California Gull
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/18/2016
Eye color variation in a California Gull
Title: Eye color variation in a California Gull
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/18/2016
California Gull close up in December
Title: California Gull close up in December
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/17/2016
California Gull close up in nonbreeding plumage
Title: California Gull close up in nonbreeding plumage
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/17/2016
Flight of a California Gull in winter
Title: Flight of a California Gull in winter
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/26/2016
Winter California Gull hovering over the Bear River
Title: Winter California Gull hovering over the Bear River
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/26/2016
California Gull portrait in falling rain
Title: California Gull portrait in falling rain
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/25/2015
California Gull with its bill wide open
Title: A California Gull with its bill wide open
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2015
California Gull with bill open wide!
Title: California Gull with bill open wide!
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2015
California Gull with its bill open
Title: A California Gull with its bill open
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2015
Fluffed up California Gull in breeding plumage
Title: A fluffed up California Gull in breeding plumage
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2015
California Gull up close in breeding plumage
Title: A California Gull up close in breeding plumage
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2015
Adult California Gull in breeding plumage on Antelope Island
Title: Adult California Gull in breeding plumage on Antelope Island
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2015
Portrait of a California Gull calling in spring
Title: Portrait of a California Gull calling in spring
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2015
California Gull in breeding plumage
Title: California Gull in breeding plumage
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/20/2015