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Herring Gull

larus argentatus

Photo by 610209
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Field Notes

Description:

The Hearing Gull wears the typical gull-like plumage of slate-gray back and wings. The wingtips are black spotted with white. Their body and head is white and their eyes are yellow. The beak is yellow with a red spot on the lower mandible, as in most large gulls.

Habitat:

Herring gulls breed from Alaska east across northern Canada to the Maritime Provinces, south to British Columbia, north-central Canada, and Great Lakes, and along Atlantic Coast to North Carolina.

Notes:

Herring Gulls feed mostly on natural prey such as marine fish, especially the herring, and invertebrates although the diet varies considerably with season and location. In addition to marine life, Herring Gulls also eat other birds, eggs, garbage, and carrion.

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Comments (1)
AntónioGinjaGinja
Welcome to Project Noah 610209,i presume you upload the wrong photo :-) we cant see here any herring gull. I hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: I invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. There are also the chats for help with identification, and to comment on your own and others’ spottings. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself here, see you around!

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Rhode Island Wildlife Roundup
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PublishedJuly 22, 2013

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