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R is for Ring-billed Gulls
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| Pickwick, Tennessee, USA, November 6, 2017 |
These are juvenile Ring-billed Gulls,
Larus delawarensis. When they are mature (at 3-years old), their speckled feathers will be replaced by white, and their back and wings will become a bluish-grey color (with black wing tips). The Gull in front is younger than the other one.
They eat fish, insects, earthworms, grain and fruit, and given the opportunity, will steal food from unwary people who come to the beach for a picnic!
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Wonderful birds to watch, but they are also very brutal at times.
ReplyDeleteHave a splendid, ♥-warming ABC-WEDNES-day / – week
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...only three?
ReplyDeleteNice photos! The one in the second shot almost looks like it is posing for you.
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos of the ringed-bill gulls ~ for R
ReplyDeleteA ShutterBug Explores
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Such nice gulls!
ReplyDeleteI still like to watch gulls. Where I grew up (inland) we never saw them, and I remember how excited us kids were to feed them when we went on a trip.... they definitely are opportunistic feeders.....
ReplyDeleteThree years to mature - that is surprisingly a long time!
ReplyDeleteSome more great bird pictures...
ReplyDeleteI am very fond of gulls. Enjoyed these, thank you :). I have also enjoyed going through your old posts. So many super flowers and birds! And others. Great blog Lea!
ReplyDeleteHello, this is one gull I can Id. They are fun to watch, great shots. Happy Friday, enjoy your weekend!
ReplyDeleteI'm reminded of the peculiar gulls in Finding Nemo, which may be unfair to the real birds.
ReplyDeleteROG, ABCW