Ring-billed Gulls

Wintry View Of Bear River MBR And The Snow-covered Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|August 3rd, 2020|Categories: American Herring Gulls, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, California Gulls, Ring-billed Gulls, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: American Herring Gulls, California Gulls, clouds, gull, gulls, ice, Larus californicus, Larus delawarensis, Larus smithsonianus, marsh, mountains, refuge, Ring-billed Gulls, snow, snowy mountains, view, Wasatch Mountains, water, wildlife refuge, winter, wintry|

Just viewing this winter photo of the refuge made me feel refreshed and cooler. I also realized it might be hot now but cooler weather will be here before long.

Early Franklin’s Gull at Bear River MBR on March 6, 2018

By Mia McPherson|March 6th, 2019|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Beaverhead County, Birds, Box Elder County, Centennial Valley, Davis County, Franklin's Gulls, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Utah|Tags: Antigone canadensis, breeding plumage, early migrant, Franklin's Gull, gull, gulls, Larus delawarensis, Leucophaeus pipixcan, marsh, molting, Ring-billed Gulls, Sandhill Crane|

While I had the Sandhill Crane and the Ring-billed Gulls in my view finder I heard a call and it only took a second for my brain to figure out that I was hearing a Franklin's Gull which surprised me because it was at the refuge much earlier than I have ever seen one there before.