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 fly by in a snowstorm
Title: Ring-billed Gull fly by in a snowstorm
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/16/2017
Ring-billed Gull skirmish in a snow storm
Title: Ring-billed Gull skirmish in a snow storm
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/16/2017
Ring-billed Gull in flight in a snow storm
Title: Ring-billed Gull in flight in a snow storm
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/16/2017
Adult Ring-billed Gull flying in a snow storm
Title: Adult Ring-billed Gull flying in a snow storm
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/16/2017
Dorsal view of a Ring-billed Gull
Title: Dorsal view of a Ring-billed Gull
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/9/2017
Ring-billed Gull flying in a smoky sky
Title: Ring-billed Gull flying in a smoky sky
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/5/2017
Snow falling on a Ring-billed Gull
Title: Snow falling on a Ring-billed Gull
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2017
Snowy Ring-billed Gull portrait
Title: Snowy Ring-billed Gull portrait
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2017
Ring-billed Gull preening in a snow storm
Title: Ring-billed Gull preening in a snow storm
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2017
Ring-billed Gulls in a snow storm
Title: Ring-billed Gulls in a snow storm
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2017
Ring-billed Gull in a snow storm
Title: Ring-billed Gull in a snow storm
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2017
Gray, snowy day Ring-billed Gull
Title: Gray, snowy day Ring-billed Gull
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2017
Winter Ring-billed Gull
Title: Winter Ring-billed Gull
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2017
Head on Ring-billed Gull in a snow storm
Title: Head on Ring-billed Gull in a snow storm
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2017
Close up of an adult Ring-billed Gull in a snowstorm
Title: Close up of an adult Ring-billed Gull in a snowstorm
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/21/2017
Ring-billed Gull with Crayfish
Title: Ring-billed Gull with Crayfish
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/5/2017
Ring-billed Gull who molted earlier than normal
Title: Ring-billed Gull who molted earlier than normal
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/3/2017
Ring-billed Gull in Definitive Alternate Plumage
Title: Ring-billed Gull in Definitive Alternate Plumage
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/3/2017
Ring-billed Gull in breeding plumage during January
Title: Ring-billed Gull in breeding plumage during January
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/3/2017
Runty Second Winter Ring-billed Gull close up
Title: Runty Second Winter Ring-billed Gull close up
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/3/2017