It's almost Hitchcock-esque when you walk on Interstate Island, the site and sound of thousands of gulls flying and screaming and pooping. The smell is close to nauseating and the sound of birds so ...
Things are looking up for coastal gulls recently hit by an unusual surge of illness and death — but the seabirds aren’t out of the woods yet. The gulls have been recovering in recent weeks as they ...
For most of his life, British author and BBC radio producer Tim Dee has been a birdwatcher. But it’s not finches and sparrows that have captured his heart—it’s gulls, those large, squawking sea birds ...
Gulls dominate the bird scene on Galveston Island, whether on bays, beaches, fishing jetties, harbor piers or the Strand shopping district. Since we can't ignore gulls, let's learn more about them.
A rare Ross's gull, typically found in Siberia, Greenland, Canada and northern Alaska, was found dead in Kansas. The bird, which attracted birdwatchers from across the US, was first sighted in Ford ...
In last week’s column about our one-day venture to Montreal to see the European robin, I mentioned a previous one-day trip that I led to Montreal back in 2013 to ...
I’m on a boat. Wind in my hair, salty spray hitting my face, toe heaters in my rubber fishing boots. That’s right, toe heaters. It is early winter in Virginia, but that doesn’t stop intrepid birders ...
A seagull carries a morsel of fish and is chased by other gulls in the lower Puyallup River in 2013. The meat originally came from a sea lion’s meal. Peter Haley Staff file, 2013 “Gull” or “sea gull”?
The gull floodgates have opened in Berks. Their numbers have been increasing at Blue Marsh Lake, indicating that a migratory push is on. And one old gull veteran has returned to the lake. No, I’m not ...
DANA POINT – State Fish and Wildlife officials are asking for the public’s help in sighting a young Western sea gull that may be the victim of animal cruelty, officials said Sunday. The young bird was ...
Charles Brunton, from Dundee, described the gulls as "rats with wings" who dirtied washing, windows and cars. Meanwhile, ...