Ring-billed Gull

(Larus delawarensis)

The Ring-billed Gull is one of the easier gulls to identify in that it has a black ring around its bill. It has black tipped wings that can stretch up to 4 feet across. As with most seagulls, the Ring-billed Gull is not solely stationed near the sea - their range extends to the interior regions of the United States and Canada. Like most gulls, the Ring-billed is a hardy eater. They like fish, garbage, bird eggs, garbage, insects, and more garbage. The name Larus is Latin for gull while delawarensis means "of Delaware".

This gull makes its nest of reeds, rushes and feathers in a hollow depression on the ground. They lay 2 to 4 olive colored eggs with dark markings which will hatch in 3 to 4 weeks. The chicks are fed on regurgitated food and will fledge in about a month.