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Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

Herring Gull

This is the common large sea gull of much of our interior and coasts and a familiar urban bird; a gray mantled, black wing tipped gull seen in garbage dumps and harbors in all U.S. coastal cities. Oceans, bays, estuaries, beaches, fields, inland lakes, reservoirs and large streams... all provide habitat for this inspirer of "Jonathan Livingstone Seagull."

His free wheeling grace in the sky and his raucous yet lonely kee-owe, ke-ow manage to bring beauty to even the most odoriferous city dump.

It breeds from the Arctic to the northern states and winters from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.

Habitats For Birds

Common Birds
◦ Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
◦ Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
◦ Chickadee (Parus sp.)
◦ Bluebird (Sialia sp.)
◦ Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
◦ Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
◦ Brown Creeper (Certhia familiaris)
◦ Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
◦ Cardinal (Richmondena cardinalis)
◦ Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
◦ Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
◦ Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
◦ Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
◦ Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
◦ Crow (Corvus sp.)
◦ Downy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos pubescens)
◦ Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
◦ Goldfinch (Spinus sp.)
◦ Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
◦ Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
◦ Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
◦ House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
◦ House Wren (Trogiodytes aedon)
◦ Junco (Junco hyemalis)
◦ Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
◦ Mallard (Anas Platyrhynchos)
◦ Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
◦ Mourning Dove (Zenaida macoura)
◦ Myrtle Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
◦ Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
◦ Pigeon (Columba livia)
◦ Purple Martin (Progne subis)
◦ Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
◦ Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
◦ Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
◦ Robin (Turdus migratorius)
◦ Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
◦ Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
◦ Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparverius)
◦ Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
◦ Tufted Titmouse (Parus bicolor)
◦ Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
◦ White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
◦ White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
◦ Wood Pewee (contopus sp.)
◦ Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
◦ Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
◦ Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)

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