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.

Observations of Herring Gulls by scientists from the University of Southampton have shown how the coastal birds have developed complicated behaviour to 'skin' sea creatures to make them safe to eat.

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Earlier this week, I posted on my blog a series of pictures of a herring gull bathing. It was a mature adult bird. It stepped into a pool, dunked its ...

Last time I started "Gulls 101" with a look at the smallest of our local gulls — the ring-billed gull. In this second installment of the course, I will discuss the herring gull, which is the most ...

Many birds lumped under the name “seagull” seem right at home in human-dominated landscapes. In the coastal towns and cities of the United Kingdom, European herring gulls (Larus argentatus) are a ...

https://doi.org/10.2307/1521762 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/1521762 Copy URL The efficiency of finding color-banded Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) and Lesser ...

SOUTH NEWFANE I love the New England coast, and in recent weeks I have had several occasions to wander sections of this coast, explore some of the inlets, and just watch as the tides breaks on the ...

The gull just might be the Rodney Dangerfield of birds. The physiques of many species lean more toward barrel-chested than sleek. Plumage tends toward bland: Picture white and black and 50 shades of ...

Critical to the success of egg-oiling to control growth of bird populations is extension of the incubation period, thereby minimizing re-nesting attempts. Egg-oiling studies conducted with ring-billed ...

Observations of herring gulls have shown how the coastal birds have developed complicated behavior to 'skin' sea creatures to make them safe to eat. Researchers think this feeding habit may be a ...