Many years, ring-billed gulls are the most common wintering gull in Kansas ... Their namesake black ring at the end of their beak is a constant no matter the age. In the winter, these birds ...

You’ve barely unwrapped your seaside chips when — whoosh — a blur of wings, a sharp beak, and a war cry like a kettle boiling ...

The great black-backed gull - a very large gull with black wings and a powerful beak that nests around the coast, on clifftops, rooftops and islands The common gull - a medium-sized gull scarcer ...