Ring-billed Gull
(Might be slow to download!)
An nice photo that resulted from some accidental overexposure and a yawning Ring-bill!
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Note the darker, sleeping bird. This IS a ring-billed gull, yellow bill with complete
black ring just as the other
Ring-bills, yellow eyes, but its darker mantle color is accented by its position and the shadows on the bird.
Pueblo Reservoir, Pueblo, CO - Jan 06. Click photo to enlarge.
Here are some Ring-bill Gulls all seen on Meyer's Point near Ithaca, NY
on the same day in November (I think) of 2005.
Note the variation in eye and bill color, the rose-coloured individual (most likey food related), and the differences between
ages/plumages.
Click the first four to enlarge.
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This bird was actually too close and I couldn't fit it all in the scope to photgraph it!!!
Nice looks at some feathers though, so I included them...
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The same 1st winter bird in flight with an adult of the same group for comparison.
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Here's a second-winter bird. Note the fleshy bill, dark eye, speckling on the upper breast, and all black wing tips.
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This bird had a noticeably pinkish or rose color where it should be white...
Some "older" Colorado Photos
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Flying first basic bird at the Pueblo Res.
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A Basic II bird from Pueblo City park.
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An adult from Pueblo City park.
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An 2nd year bird from Pueblo City park. Note the
red on the lower mandible and the dark eyes.
This Page Last Updated: 5 March, 2007
All Photos (C) 1999 Paul Hurtado
(Please let me know if you use them.)