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.
Portrait of a runty 2nd Winter Ring-billed Gull
Title: Portrait of a runty 2nd Winter Ring-billed Gull
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/3/2017
Runty Second Winter Ring-billed Gull calling
Title: Runty Second Winter Ring-billed Gull calling
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/3/2017
Runty 2nd winter Ring-billed Gull portrait
Title: Runty 2nd winter Ring-billed Gull portrait
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/3/2017
Runty Ring-billed Gull stretching
Title: Runty Ring-billed Gull stretching
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/3/2017
Runty Ring-billed Gull on ice
Title: Runty Ring-billed Gull on ice
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/3/2017
Ring-billed Gull splashing during bathing
Title: Ring-billed Gull splashing during bathing
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/1/2017
Bathing Ring-billed Gull in winter
Title: Bathing Ring-billed Gull in winter
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/1/2017
Ring-billed Gull bathing on New Year’s Day
Title: Ring-billed Gull bathing on New Year’s Day
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/1/2017
Ring-billed Gull bathing in winter
Title: Ring-billed Gull bathing in winter
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/1/2017
Ring-billed Gull bathing in an icy pond
Title: Ring-billed Gull bathing in an icy pond
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/1/2017
First winter Ring-billed Gull bathing
Title: First winter Ring-billed Gull bathing
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/1/2017
Ring-billed Gull with snow on its bill
Title: Ring-billed Gull with snow on its bill
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/28/2016
Resting Ring-billed Gull in Definitive Basic Plumage
Title: Resting Ring-billed Gull in Definitive Basic Plumage
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/25/2016
Ring-billed Gull portrait in Definitive Basic Plumage
Title: Ring-billed Gull portrait in Definitive Basic Plumage
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/13/2016
Ring-billed Gull hovering over the marsh at Farmington Bay
Title: Ring-billed Gull hovering over the marsh at Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/2/2016
Hovering Ring-billed Gull in winter
Title: Hovering Ring-billed Gull in winter
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/26/2016
Ring-billed Gull in landing pose
Title: Ring-billed Gull in landing pose
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/26/2016
Ring-billed Gull in flight over open water
Title: Ring-billed Gull in flight over open water
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/26/2016
Winter Ring-billed Gull at Bear River MBR
Title: Winter Ring-billed Gull at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/26/2016
Adult Ring-billed Gull in flight on a January morning
Title: Ring-billed Gull adult at Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/22/2016