Size : 19"  Most easily identified by the ring on its bill.  White tail, breast and head with gray wings tipped in black.  Immature are a little more mottled and have a black band at the end of the tail.

The Ring-billed Gull, though not a prolific as the Laughing Gull here is still quite common on the beach, over large ponds and sometimes in large parking lots.  They do not nest here, but there are first and second year birds that stay year round. They are slightly larger than Laughing Gulls and smaller than the Herring Gull that is here in the winter.   

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