Detailed legends for each photograph describe important characteristics for identification. I counted 46 photos for the Herring gull. There are several photo quizzes, as well. The guide covers the ...

In the case of the herring gull, wing coloration won't be too helpful. Both species have white underwings with gray above and black-tipped primary feathers. Beak coloration, on the other hand ...

For starters, Ayyash said, focus on adult birds and get familiar with the most common species. Around here, that means Herring Gull and Ring-billed Gull, both year-round residents. A third ...

A point of avian trivia: Only one state eclipses Ohio in the number of gull species seen within its boundaries. It is California, which dwarfs Ohio in size and has 840 miles of Pacific coastline.

Even the color of the legs can play a part in proper identification. The most common gulls here are the herring gull, ring-billed gull, greater black-backed gull and laughing gull. The laughing ...

Several species can seem to be present in a flock ... It takes a ring-billed gull three years to reach adulthood; a herring gull, four years. They begin life cloaked in dingy brown and each ...

It suggests that species such as the herring gull, the lesser black-backed gull and the black-legged kittiwake possess a behavioral flexibility that enables them to nest in more challenging locations.

The herring gull is perhaps our archetypical ‘seagull ... and the smaller black-headed gulls are our three most familiar species often associated with people and built places.

Herring gulls can be found "around our coasts and inland around rubbish tips, fields, large reservoirs and lakes, especially during winter", the RSPB says A nature reserve in a landlocked county ...