and should be learned well as a reference point for less common species. The larger California (commonly occurs alongside the ring-billed in the west) is a 4-cycle gull with a stouter bill and ...

Author says gull species are amazingly adaptive, and the Great Lakes area is a perfect spot to find many of them.

While myths about wildlife abound, most are patently false. Bats are not blind; big bears can’t climb trees and birds will not abandon a fledgling touched by a human, among other falsehoods.

Their heads are white, and some also have a dark ring around their neck. These birds have short, red legs and a pink wash on their chest and underbelly. The ivory gull is another species of ...

NEWCOMER The ring-billed gull, native to North America, was first sighted in Ireland in 1979, near Belmullet.