In the case of the herring gull, wing coloration won't be too helpful. Both species have white underwings with gray above and black-tipped primary feathers. Beak coloration, on the other hand ...

I posted on my blog a series of pictures of a herring gull bathing. It was a mature adult bird. It stepped into a pool, dunked its head and body in the water, splashed, then stepped out, stretching ...

But since the demise in popularity of feather-covered hats in the ... of these three gulls is the ring-billed gull (49-inch wingspan). Like the herring gull, they have light-gray wings with ...

Annual feather molt can add further confusion ... Around here, that means Herring Gull and Ring-billed Gull, both year-round residents. A third commoner, Bonaparte’s Gull, is seen here during ...

A warning has been issued after a confirmed case of bird flu was found in a wild herring gull. Devizes Town Council ... dead or sick wild birds, their feathers, or surfaces contaminated by bird ...

It takes a ring-billed gull three years to reach adulthood; a herring gull ... women’s hats were adorned with the feathers of gulls and many other birds — sometimes even the whole bird.

And while it may have looked as if it could be the first sighting of a previously undiscovered or exotic bird, it was just a common herring gull that had somehow managed to coat himself in a ...

Occasionally, noticeably larger birds intermingle with the flocks. These are herring gulls, another common gull in Ohio, especially along Lake Erie. Gulls are intelligent, long-lived, highly ...

Herring Gull Larus argentatus with three chicks (Getty Images/aseppa)Now in this book, I will be honest, I find that many of these gull species look interchangeable. I don't want to sound like I'm ...

Egret feathers cost more per ounce than gold. A few species, including the herring gull and the roseate spoonbill, were brought dangerously close to extinction. IN THE BEGINNING of the Western ...

A viral video of a herring gull swallowing an entire squirrel whole has many people shocked and horrified. But the people who study these birds say there's nothing to be alarmed about. The clip ...

The most widespread pink-legged gull in North America, the herring is common in the east ... In North America, recovered after egging and feather hunting in late 1800s. (United States population ...