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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

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 Ring-billed Gull is the most common gull 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 ring-billed gull lets us know that it is there. It's funny that the turnstones aren't 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 ring-billed gull.

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

Where I have seen this species

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