Aquatic Birds

Herring vs Ring Billed Size Comparison

Even though the ring-billed gull is closer to me, the herring gull still dwarfs it in size. Every winter, one or two of them show up on the spillway.
Juvenile Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

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