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Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)

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Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)

English, Dutch and scientific names.
Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Ring-billed gull Gulls, terns and skimmers Shorebirds, gulls, and relatives Birds Chordate Animals
Ringsnavelmeeuw Meeuwen Steltloperachtigen Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Larus delawarensis Laridae Charadriiformes Aves Chordata Animalia

Cornerstone Park (Henderson (Las Vegas), Nevada, USA)

2014:11:30 23:36:55
Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/5000 sec at F5.6, ISO 250, distance 29.85 m

The Ringsnavelmeeuw is the most general seagull in the US, the size of the Black -headed Gull in the Netherlands.

Huguenot Memorial Park, Jacksonville

2014:01:31 18:30:32
Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1600 sec at F5.6, ISO 250, distance 19.95 m

This Ringsnavelmeeuw lets you know that it is there. Funny is that the brick runners are not very impressed.

Hoover Reservoir, Columbus, Ohio

2013:12:08 14:12:05
Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/500 sec at F2.8, ISO 320, distance 44.67 m

A young Ringsnavelmeeuw.

Canarsie Pier (Brooklyn, New York, USA)

2014:12:12 23:28:09
Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/200 sec at F2.8, ISO 500, distance 7.94 m

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