
Herring Gull amidst Brant.

Great Black-backed Gull amidst Herring, Brant, and Ring-billed. Great Black-backed is the world’s largest species of gull.

Our triumvirate of winter gulls. From the top, Herring, Great Black-backed, and Ring-billed. Strays and exotica show up, and Bonaparte’s Gull is found off-shore, but these are the three standard gulls of the NYC winter. Ring-billed predominate by a long shot.

To spice things up, this is Great Black-backed in its first winter, or so I judge. Ring-billed in the background.

(A sunny day!) Ring-billed left, Herring right.