The Ring-billed gull is the most common gull in North America and like many birds migrates south in the winter. I took this photograph in November. It was nice to see the bird in a natural setting as they often congregate in city parking lots. It perched on the log for quite a while where I could appreciate its good looks, something I had never really noticed before.
BELINDA GROVER PHOTOGRAPHY
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February 14, 2019 at 1:05 pm
Nice work, Belinda! I really really like his profile and whiteness against the purplish blue water!
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February 14, 2019 at 4:28 pm
Thank you Donna. He was a fine subject!
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February 13, 2019 at 10:02 am
Nice composition, Belinda! I, too, love to see the gulls out in the wild and this a lovely scene.
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February 13, 2019 at 10:03 am
Thanks very much!
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February 13, 2019 at 4:53 am
Pretty as a picture. Oh! It is a picture…
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February 13, 2019 at 7:49 am
Thank you!
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February 12, 2019 at 2:25 pm
How nice of this gull to pose so you could see the ring on its bill!
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February 12, 2019 at 2:38 pm
Yes it was!
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February 12, 2019 at 1:24 pm
Very Nice Belinda! I like the way the Gull is looking to the right making you look to the right to see the whole image! Then you can imagine what the Gull is seeing!
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February 12, 2019 at 1:36 pm
Thanks very much! It did work out nicely.
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February 12, 2019 at 11:44 am
This is a beautiful picture, I like gulls very much, it seems to me gulls are more free than other birds. Must be a ridiculous thought, but that’s how it is..
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February 12, 2019 at 5:34 pm
Thank you. I tend to humanize a lot in the natural world too :).
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February 12, 2019 at 5:49 pm
😉
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February 12, 2019 at 9:22 am
Such a tranquil scene, Belinda, wonderful photo. Gulls are not an easy species for identifying because they change a lot as they mature, and one species can have four or five completely different sets of markings. That’s why I like the ring-billed gull, because that ring on their bill is always there no matter what stage of life they are in — one of the easier gulls to identify.
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February 12, 2019 at 9:44 am
Thank you Jet, I was pleased to see the gull in this natural setting. You make an excellent point about identifying gulls, this species does make it easy!
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February 12, 2019 at 4:30 am
What an apt name for this gull.
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February 12, 2019 at 1:52 am
This is a great rarity in the UK but – I’ve seen one!!! 🙂
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February 12, 2019 at 7:48 am
It’s always exciting to see a rare bird or in this case a gull in the wild.
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