Ring-billed Gull Images, Facts and Information:
Larus delawarensis
- Ring-billed Gulls are medium-sized gulls with slim short bills that show a black ring at the tip when they are adults. They are a soft gray above with white heads during the breeding season and brownish streaked heads in nonbreeding plumage. They have yellow legs.
- They are sociable gulls and will fly and flock together in the hundreds or thousands.
- Ring-billed Gulls can be found at inland bodies of water during the breeding season and coastal beaches during the winter. They can also be found at dumps, parking lots, and freshly plowed agricultural fields.
- During the 19th century these gulls were hunted for their plumage.
- They lay 2 to 4 eggs which hatch in 21 to 28 days, both sexes incubate.
- They are migratory.
- A group of gulls can be called a “squabble”, “flotilla”, “screech” and “scavenging” of gulls.
- Ring-billed Gulls can live up to 32 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Ring-billed Gull photos.
Ring-billed Gull hunting for food
Title: Ring-billed Gull hunting for food
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/24/2018
Ring-billed Gull flying over a freshwater marsh
Title: Ring-billed Gull flying over a freshwater marsh
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/24/2018
Ring-billed Gull and a heart shaped snowflake
Title: Ring-billed Gull and a heart shaped snowflake
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/4/2018
Landing Ring-billed Gull and crystal blue water
Title: Landing Ring-billed Gull and crystal blue water
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/21/2018
Ring-billed Gull flying in to land on crystal blue water
Title: Ring-billed Gull flying in to land on crystal blue water
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/21/2018
Ring-billed Gull leaping after a bath
Title: Ring-billed Gull leaping after a bath
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/16/2018
Ring-billed Gull immediately after bathing
Title: Ring-billed Gull immediately after bathing
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/16/2018
Ring-billed Gull preening in flight
Title: Ring-billed Gull preening in flight
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2018
Preening Ring-billed Gull in flight
Title: Preening Ring-billed Gull in flight
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2018
Ring-billed Gull preening breast feathers in flight
Title: Ring-billed Gull preening breast feathers in flight
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2018
Ring-billed Gull in flight in late afternoon light
Title: Ring-billed Gull in flight in late afternoon light
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2018
Portrait of a first winter Ring-billed Gull
Title: Portrait of a first winter Ring-billed Gull
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2018
First winter Ring-billed Gull close up
Title: First winter Ring-billed Gull close up
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2018
Ring-billed Gull in flight in bright afternoon light
Title: Ring-billed Gull in flight in bright afternoon light
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/1/2018
Ring-billed Gull in flight in front of a Willow
Title: Ring-billed Gull in flight in front of a Willow
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/1/2018
Day after Christmas Ring-billed Gull portrait
Title: Day after Christmas Ring-billed Gull portrait
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/26/2017
Ring-billed Gull in flight in front of a stormy sky
Title: Ring-billed Gull in flight in front of a stormy sky
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/25/2017
Serious looking Ring-billed Gull in flight
Title: Serious looking Ring-billed Gull in flight
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/17/2017
Ring-billed Gull landing in a snow storm
Title: Ring-billed Gull landing in a snow storm
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/16/2017
Ring-billed Gulls in a snow storm fighting over a crayfish
Title: Ring-billed Gulls in a snow storm fighting over a crayfish
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/16/2017