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1. Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens)
- www.greglasley.net
- The Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens) breeds in the Gulf of California and is a visitor to the Salton Sea in southern California. ... Unlike many other large gulls, the Yellow-footed is a three-year gull instead of a four-year gull. ... On 9 July 1998 Ron Weeks found a black-backed gull on the beach at Surfside, Brazoria Co. ... Summer is just about the most unlikely time of year to see a large black-backed gull of any species in Texas, so Ron took a number of photos of the bird even though he was uncertain of the specific identity. ... Ron's photos and written description were circulated through many gull experts, including Michael Patten who wrote the Yellow-footed Gull account for the Birds of North America project. Many of these experts, including Michael, felt that Ron's photos depicted a Yellow-footed Gull. ...
- This photo shows the Texas Yellow-footed Gull with three Royal Terns and one Sandwich Tern.
2. Gull intro
- santacruzbirdclub.org
- To learn to identify gulls you need to know: (1) what species to expect and when, (2) how to determine the age of a gull, (3) and what features to focus on for gulls of different ages. ...
- Of our regularly-occurring species, a "2 year" gull is the Bonaparte’s Gull; "3 year" gulls include Heermann’s, Ring-billed and Mew; "4 year" gulls include California, Herring, Thayers, Western, Glaucous-winged and Glaucous. ...
- The flowcharts are designed to aid beginning and intermediate gull watchers. ...
- Bonaparte’s Gull – common late fall through spring. ...
- Heermann’s Gull – Common summer through early winter, uncommon late winter, rare to uncommon in spring. ...
- Mew Gull – Common late fall to early spring, rare to casual at other times (usually absent June to September). ...
- Ring-billed Gull – Fairly common from late summer through spring, rare and local during late spring and summer. ...
- California Gull – Very common, with lowest numbers from mid-spring to early summer. ...
- Herring Gull – Uncommon to locally fairly common from late fall through early spring, rare to casual at other times (usually absent June to August). ...
- Thayer’s Gull – rare to uncommon late fall through winter, very rare during spring, and casual to absent at other times. ...
- Western Gull – Very common, most abundant from late summer through mid-spring. ...
- Glaucous-winged Gull – Fairly common to common late fall to early spring, rare from mid-spring to mid-fall. ...
- Glaucous Gull – Very rare from late fall to early spring, with few acceptable late spring records. ...
- Sabine’s Gull – Uncommon late spring and early fall migrant. ...
- Laughing Gull – Vagrant. ...
- Franklin’s Gull – Small number found each year, especially in spring and fall migration. ...
3. Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- www.arthurgrosset.com
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) .
- The Lesser Black-backed Gull is slightly smaller than the Herring Gull Larus argentatus, has darker grey upperparts, yellow bill with red spot, almost no white spots on the wing tips at rest and yellowish legs. The underwings of the Herring Gull are pure white.
4. Ring-Billed Gull Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
- www.enchantedlearning.com
- Ring-Billed Gull.
- The Ring-Billed Gull is a medium-sized gull that is often called the "sea gull. " This bird used to be quite abundant, and was called the Common American Gull. It was killed for its feathers (mostly used in hats), but has now recovered from a drastic decline in population numbers; it may be the most abundant gull in North America. ...
- Anatomy: The Ring-Billed Gull is about 18 to 21 inches (45-53 cm) long with a 20 inch (50 cm) wingspan. ...
- Predators: Predators of the ring-billed gull include the coyote, fox, raccoon, dog, mink, rat, great-horned owl, and others. ...
- Reproduction: Like all gulls, the ring-billed gull is a colonial breeder; it nests along inland lakes and along the seacoast with hundreds of other gulls. ...
5. Gull Lake Marine
- www.gulllakemarine.com
- Gull Lake Marine .
- Welcome to Gull Lake Marine online. ... Please choose from the selection at left to review more about our unique boat line relationships and the Gull Lake Marine commitment to excellence.
6. The Sea Gull Motel - North Truro, Cape Cod Lodging
- capecodtravel.com
- The Sea Gull Motel is located directly on 160 feet of private beach on Cape Cod Bay and is adjacent to the picturesque sand dunes of Truro. ...
- Click the links below to find out more about the Sea Gull Motel. ...
- See photos and descriptions of the accommodations at the Sea Gull Motel - including rooms, apartments & studios. ...
- Getting to the Sea Gull Motel.
- Driving directions and a locator map to the Sea Gull Motel. ...
7. WINGS Birding Tours to Newfoundland: Gull Workshop
- wingsbirds.com
- Newfoundland Gull Workshop .
- Birdlist | Gallery | Narrative | Newfoundland Gull Workshop Information.
- This race of Iceland Gull is quite variable in all plumages and we will have prolonged opportunities to study the range of variation. ... Scarcer species that may also be present include Lesser Black-backed Gull, the very distinctive European race of the Mew Gull, and if we're very fortunate, Yellow-legged Gull; at least half the Yellow-legged Gull records from North America come from the St. ...
- We will also cover basic terminology on gull topography and how to look at gulls.
- In addition to the numerous Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls we will look for scarcer species like Lesser Black-backed and the distinctive and rare (for North America) European subspecies of the Mew Gull, the "Common Gull. " If we are fortunate there may be something very rare about like one of the European races (or species) of Herring Gull, or even a Yellow-legged Gull. ...
- Birdlist | Gallery | Narrative | Newfoundland Gull Workshop Information | Top.
8. GULL PHOTOS
- www.ups.edu
- GULL PHOTOS.
- GULL 1.
- Slaty-backed Gull, Tacoma, WA, 3 Jan 1998.
- NEW PHOTO Slaty-backed Gull, Tacoma, WA, 9 Jan 1998.
- Why is this a Slaty-backed Gull?.
- (2) Rather slender bill, giving the head somewhat the look of a Thayer's Gull. ... Compare with the Glaucous-winged Gull in one photo.
- GULL 2.
- It has been called a Slaty-backed by some observers, but I consider it a Western Gull.
- Western Gull, Everett, WA, 30 Dec 1997.
- Western Gull, Everett, WA, 30 Dec 1997.
- Why is this not a Slaty-backed Gull?.
- Note that the mantle color looks different in the first pair of photos; lighting affects gull mantle color strongly, and all suspected rare gulls should be photographed with other known species to facilitate comparison. ... Compare with the Western Gull to the left.
- GULL 3.
- The following photo, of a second-year Western Gull, was taken by Ruth Sullivan at Titlow Beach in Tacoma. ...
9. Glaucous Gull
- www.fnal.gov
- Glaucous Gull .
- An individual was observed briefly flying over Lake Law on November 3, 1996, since the size and bill shape of this bird was not well established it is possible, but unlikely, that it was in fact an Iceland Gull. (An Iceland Gull of the white-winged race was recorded in the county about a month after this observation. ...
10. Hartlaub's Gull. Larus hartlaubii.
- www.sunsetbeach.co.za
- Hartlaub's Gull.
- Most citizens of Cape Town are surprised to learn that Hartlaub's Gull is about the 10th rarest of the world's roughly 50 gull species. ...
- The best estimate of the total population size of Hartlaub's Gull is 30 000 birds. ... The primary objectives being to estimate the survival rates, movement patterns and age at first breeding of Hartlaub's Gull (Larus hartlaubii. ...
- Continue the Bird Watching Tour to find out more about Hartlaub's Gull and their adaptation to City life!.
11. Endangered species: Audouin's Gull
- www.ornithologiki.gr
- Endangered species: Audouin's Gull .
- Audouin's Gull (Larus audouinii) is the only gull occurring only in the Mediterranean. At a first glance, it looks like a common species of gull, Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans), having a white body and grey wings with black tips. ...
- Like most seabirds, our knowledge for Audouin's Gull is focused around breeding period. ...
- In the past, Audouin's Gull was rarer, its numbers however have been increased and its present population is estimated to be 18,700 pairs. ... So, Audouin's Gull is characterized from BirdLife Inernational as a "protection-dependant" species and is recorded as "endangered" on the Greek Red Book of Threatened Vertebrates. ...
- Competition with Yellow-legged Gull for food and nesting sites also seems to have a negative impact on the species, as well as the alteration of the natural morphology of the islets, due to overgrazing. ...
- Since 1997, HOS has been conducting a triennial LIFE program for the protection of Audouin's Gull, which includes instant actions and the preparation of management proposals for six sites of Natura 2000 network in which the species occurs. ...
12. Gull page v2
- montereybay.com
- Many species are large and conspicuous and everyone in the northern hemisphere can recognize a "gull. ... Yet there are local, beautiful, and specialized gulls like the tundra-breeding Ross's Gull (left; an adult). ...
- Some of these are high Arctic breeders, like Thayer's Gull (right; an adult). Thayer's Gull can be a complex identification, as it most be separated from our local wintering Herring Gull L. ... See my introductory page to Thayer's Gull identification in the Monterey County annotated checklist project.
- To illustrate the ubiquity of gulls, I've put together a small collage of Larus gull species from around the world. ...
- Top: a sandy beach at Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf (March 2001): the large gulls are (L to R) Siberian Gull Larus heuglini (with dark mantle) and two Yellow-legged Gull L. cachinnans; the small gulls with dark ear-spots are Black-headed Gull L. ridibundus in basic plumage, and the long-billed small gull without an ear-spot is Slender-billed Gull L. ...
- Upper left: juvenal plumaged Silver Gull L. ...
- Pinos, Pacific Grove, California, with gull roost: near left two Western Gull L. occidentalis, distant roost mostly Heermann's Gull L. heermanni and California Gull L. ...
- Lower left: gull colony at Bird Island, Qinghai Lake, north-central China: most Brown-headed Gull L. brunnicephalus and one large Pallas's Gull L. ...
- , Netherlands: juvenal plumage Lesser Black-backed Gull L. ...
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