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Focusing On Herring Gulls – Winter Visitors To Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|January 9th, 2020|Categories: American Herring Gulls, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Herring Gull, breeze, California Gull, clouds, distortion, eating, fish, fishing, frost, gull, gulls, gulping, heat waves, ice, Larus smithsonianus, lifting off, marsh, mixed, mountains, photograph, photographing, prey, Ring-billed Gull, sky, snow, snow-covered, swallowing, water, winter|

I know some people don't get excited about gulls but I do and I was thrilled two days ago at Bear River MBR when I spotted and photographed my first Herring Gulls of this winter season.