natureconnexion_caMar 26, 2025
🪶 #GullOfTheDay
This #BlackHeadedGull was in #GrandManan, #NewBrunswick, Canada
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Great Basin Bird ObservatoryDec 27, 2024
Today’s #GullOfTheDay is this beautiful first cycle Ring-billed Gull. The Ring-billed Gull is a three-year gull, meaning it (typically) reaches adult plumage in three years. We say “typically” because there is an exception to every rule made about every gull!
Bluesky

Bluesky Social
Great Basin Bird ObservatoryDec 27, 2024
Today’s #GullOfTheDay is this beautiful first cycle Ring-billed Gull. The Ring-billed Gull is a three-year gull, meaning it (typically) reaches adult plumage in three years. We say “typically” because there is an exception to every rule made about every gull!
Great Basin Bird ObservatoryDec 23, 2024
It's time for another #GullOfTheDay! This Short-billed Gull can be distinguished from Ring-billed Gull by overall shape and structure - finer bill, rounder head w/ higher crown, & overall daintier structure. In flight you'd see a brown tail, instead of a white tail with brown/black band on tip. 🪶
Bluesky

Bluesky Social
Great Basin Bird ObservatoryDec 23, 2024

It's time for another #GullOfTheDay!

This Short-billed Gull can be distinguished from Ring-billed Gull by overall shape and structure - finer bill, rounder head w/ higher crown, & overall daintier structure. In flight you'd see a brown tail, instead of a white tail with brown/black band on tip. 🪶

Great Basin Bird ObservatoryDec 19, 2024
Since the Great Lump of 2017, Iceland Gulls stretch a whole gamut of physical appearances. There are three currently recognized subspecies: Thayer’s, Kumlien’s, and Glaucoides. Thayer’s are the darkest birds, found furthest west - including Nevada in the winter. #GullOfTheDay #birds
Bluesky

Bluesky Social
Great Basin Bird ObservatoryDec 19, 2024

Since the Great Lump of 2017, Iceland Gulls stretch a whole gamut of physical appearances. There are three currently recognized subspecies: Thayer’s, Kumlien’s, and Glaucoides. Thayer’s are the darkest birds, found furthest west - including Nevada in the winter.

#GullOfTheDay #birds

Great Basin Bird ObservatoryDec 16, 2024
The default gull of Nevada; when confronted with an unknown gull in our region, your first question should be, why ISN’T it a California Gull. This one seems to wonder why tennis balls aren't food. #GullOfTheDay #birds
Great Basin Bird ObservatoryDec 16, 2024

The default gull of Nevada; when confronted with an unknown gull in our region, your first question should be, why ISN’T it a California Gull. This one seems to wonder why tennis balls aren't food.

#GullOfTheDay #birds