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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 ...

Gulls are a little scary. They frighten me. I don’t mean literally, in a Hitchcockian sense. The nightmare comes in trying to sort out their identities. Skilled birders usually thrive on ID challenges ...

My fellow passengers on the Bolivar Ferry between Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula were having fun tossing bread to the gulls, or "sea gulls" as the birds are folk-named. As a birder, I'm usually ...

Nearly wiped out, they may be more numerous than ever. The herring gull is the most common and the most familiar gull in Maine. It is typically associated with the shorelines of the ocean, lakes and ...

Did you know there is no such thing as a seagull? Yes, you heard that right—there are many species of gulls, but not one bird called a “seagull.” In Sonoma County, we have around 10 species of gulls, ...

Gulls are everywhere, but most people see them as pests, taking for granted their remarkable variety and beauty. Many people think of gulls ("seagull" is not a technical term) as nothing more than ...

A kelp gull, typically found in the Southern Hemisphere, has been spotted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, marking the first recorded sighting of the species in the state. The kelp gull apparently mated with ...