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Ring-billed Gull Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: Ring-billed Gulls are the most common Gull in the state by far, a bird you may see in any season, and in a surprisingly large variety of habitats.  As with many common birds, it's easy to take them for granted, and thus, as you can see from the photos below, I went about 10 years without adding much for new photos of them here! But my favorite is more recent, from January 2nd, 2021 near Pierre, South Dakota, of a bird that was flying right towards me and checking me out. A common bird but an uncommon pose and photo for me.

Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 1 - Larus delawarensis 

Ring-billed Gull 2 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 3 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 4 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 1

Ring-billed Gull 2

Ring-billed Gull 3

Ring-billed Gull 4

October 7th, 2017 

March 18th, 2007 

March 18th, 2007 

November 2nd, 2002 

Wall Lake, South Dakota 

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Gavin's Point Dam, South Dakota / Nebraska

Adult gull standing in the sun on a sandy beach 

Adult-plumaged gull in flight over icy lake 

Adult gull in flight 

First-year winter-plumaged gull standing on a sandy beach 

Ring-billed Gull 5 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 6 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 7 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 8 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 5

Ring-billed Gull 6

Ring-billed Gull 7

Ring-billed Gull 8

November 6th, 2005 

July 18th, 2004 

July 18th, 2004

November 3rd, 2002 

Below Oahe Dam, near Pierre, South Dakota 

Below Oahe Dam, near Pierre, South Dakota 

Below Oahe Dam, near Pierre, South Dakota 

Gavin's Point Dam, South Dakota / Nebraska 

Adult plumaged gull strutting on a gravel road 

Profile of an adult gull standing on gravel 

Adult gull standing on gravel below Oahe Dam 

Closeup of head and upper body of first-year gull 

Ring-billed Gull 9 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 10 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 11 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 12 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 9

Ring-billed Gull 10

Ring-billed Gull 11

Ring-billed Gull 12

November 11th, 2004 

March 18th, 2007 

March 18th, 2007 

March 18th, 2007 

Gavin's Point Dam, South Dakota / Nebraska 

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Head portrait of an adult Ring-billed Gull 

Adult gull in flight on a sunny blue sky day 

Adult gull catching a minnow at the ice's edge 

Adult gull plucking a meal from the edge of the lake ice 

Ring-billed Gull 13 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 14 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 15 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 16 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 13

Ring-billed Gull 14

Ring-billed Gull 15

Ring-billed Gull 16

March 18th, 2007

March 18th, 2007 

September 14th, 2007

June 21st, 2008

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Gavin's Point Dam, South Dakota / Nebraska 

Northern California

Adult bird walking along edge of melting lake ice in early spring 

Adult gull coming in to land with a fresh fish snack 

First-year bird in flight on a sunny day

Nesting colony of Ring-billed Gulls on a small island 

Ring-billed Gull 17 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 18 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 19 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 20 - Larus delawarensis 

Ring-billed Gull 17

Ring-billed Gull 18

Ring-billed Gull 19

Ring-billed Gull 20

April 21st, 2013 

January 2nd, 2021

January 2nd, 2021 

October 21st, 2016 

Minnehaha County, South Dakota 

Near Pierre, South Dakota

Near Pierre, South Dakota 

Wall Lake, South Dakota 

Adult bird standing on a rock in the middle of a stream 

Angelic wing spread of an adult Ring-billed Gull hovering in flight 

Head-on view of a gull in flight with blue sky in the background 

Juvenile first-year bird resting on a sandy beach 

Ring-billed Gull 21 - Larus delawarensis  Ring-billed Gull 22 - Larus delawarensis  Ring-billed Gull 23 - Larus delawarensis  Ring-billed Gull 24 - Larus delawarensis 

Ring-billed Gull 21

Ring-billed Gull 22

Ring-billed Gull 23

Ring-billed Gull 24

October 7th, 2017 

April 19th, 2019

November 9th, 2019 

November 9th, 2019

Wall Lake, South Dakota 

Lake Thompson, South Dakota 

Wall Lake, South Dakota 

Wall Lake, South Dakota

Adult gull standing on a sandy beach 

Head-on view of adult gull standing in shallow water in bright sunlight 

Adult gull in flight 

First-winter bird standing on a gravel / sandy beach 

Ring-billed Gull 25 - Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull 25

November 17th, 2019

 

Below Oahe Dam near Pierre, South Dakota

Adult gull feeding on a crayfish

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