Length 17–20"; wingspan 44.5–49". Medium-size, 3-cycle gull with sloping head, medium-size bill. On adult, note yellow legs, pale eyes, and neat “ring bill.” Breeding adult: pale gray ...

Many years, ring-billed gulls are the most common wintering gull in Kansas, having moved southward from nesting areas in central Canada and some places in the American West. Like many birds ...

A familiar face at coastal parking lots and inland lakes across North America, this adaptable gull has mastered both city life and wilderness, snatching french fries or diving for fish with equal ...

Often the most common and widespread gull in North America, especially inland, and numbers are probably still increasing. Sociable at all seasons; concentrations at nesting colonies or at winter ...

Paul home. The types commonly seen in the Midwest are laughing gulls and ring-billed gulls. Neither species depends solely on ocean habitats. They often feed and nest around inland lakes or rivers.

Gulls are a little scary. They frighten me. I don’t mean literally, in a Hitchcockian sense. The nightmare comes in trying to ...

Part of a complex of similar gulls, this bird closely resembles the Herring Gull or Ring-billed Gull, and is intermediate between those two in size. It nests around lakes in the interior of the west, ...

The herring gull, a large gull with a gray back and yellow beak, is probably the most common one you've seen on the beach. Ring-billed gulls are smaller and you'll likely see them in parking lots.