Herring Gulls look a lot like the more common Ring-billed Gull. Immatures have a ring on the bill so this is not a fool proof identification aid. The best identification key is size. Ring-bills average about 17.5 inches in length. For Herring Gulls it is about 25 inches. We had both this morning at Marie Curtis park.
Other birds:
Park scenes:
Today’s group:
MAILBOX
The Magic of Birdwatching in Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park – The New York Times
NATURE POETRY
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer, quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day. – Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
Miles Hearn