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One legged Ring-billed Gull Landing On An Icy Pond

By Mia McPherson|January 9th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: gull, gulls, ice, icy, landing, Larus delawarensis, one legged, pond, Ring-billed Gull, sliding, winter|

On January 2nd I noticed a Ring-billed Gull coming in for a landing on an iced over pond that was missing a leg and foot and I wondered how well it would handle the slippery ice while attempting to land on it.