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Kelsey Lagunas

@kelseyelagunas.bsky.social

RBGU howl on a Friday!!! #birds

January 23, 2026 at 5:14 PM

greengirl777🍃

@cosmic7rain.bsky.social

youtube.com/watch?v=RbGu...

Winona Oak - Break My Broken Heart [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by Winona Oak

youtube.com

March 14, 2026 at 8:10 AM

Brian JK Miller

@brianjkmiller.bsky.social

RBGU#16. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis), Crawford County, Pennsylvania. #birds 🪶

June 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM

Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁

@stevewaycott.bsky.social

One of these things is not like the others.

(extra points if you got that Sesame Street reference)

Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada
October 2024

📸 #birds #cormorant #DCCO #gull #RBGU #nature #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

Five double-crested cormorants and one ring-billed gull are standing at the edge of a rocky sandbar as it disappears into the blue river water.

December 4, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁

@stevewaycott.bsky.social

Sometimes I am reminded how much bigger Herring Gulls are than Ring-billed Gulls.

St. Andrews, #NewBrunswick, Canada
March 2023

📷 #birds #gull #HERG #RBGU #nature #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #Nikon #Z9 #Sigma500f4

April 22, 2024 at 3:36 PM

Kris Gates

@krismgates.bsky.social

The RBGU can be identified by the black ring encircling the tip of its yellow bill but there are other gulls with dark (or red) spots on their bills, so make sure it rings the bill all the way around. 🦉 To make things even more complicated, sometimes RBGU will interbreed with other gulls including

March 5, 2026 at 2:46 PM

jeffoakstx.bsky.social

@jeffoakstx.bsky.social

Ring-billed Gull (RBGU)
Belton Lake, TX
January 26, 2025
#birds #usbirds #txbirds #bird 🪶 🦉

January 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM

Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁

@stevewaycott.bsky.social

Ring-billed Gull has spotted something potentially yummy in the water and is on its way to investigate, post-haste.

Sheffield, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2025

📸 #birds #gull #RBGU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

A primarily white gull with black in its wing tips and a black ring around the tip of its bill is flying down and to the right with blurry water in the background.

August 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Kris Gates

@krismgates.bsky.social

#Bird of the Day: A pair of gulls: Ring-billed (RBGU) and Bonaparte’s (BOGU) #MixedPairs
The juxtaposition of these two gulls emphasizes how diminutive the BOGU is, one of the smallest gulls. We see it here in its non-breeding plumage, but mature adults display black hoods when mating season arrives

March 5, 2026 at 2:46 PM

Aronia🌊🎶🫧

@justaronia.bsky.social

Open up the door and let your darkness shine
Talk about your feelings, if you wanna cry
'Cause people need, the people need, the people.
🎶☀️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBgu...

Good Neighbours - People Need People (Lyric Video)

YouTube video by GOOD NEIGHBOURS

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November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM

BFMTV

@bfmtv.com

🔴 "Une grande fierté" pour Macron ▶️ https://l.bfmtv.com/rbgu

January 21, 2026 at 7:56 AM

Parsingphase

@parsingphase.dev

#DailyBird 🤖
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis), 17th September 2023
es: Gaviota de Delaware, fr: Goéland à Bec Cerclé
Ipswich, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 60% crop, 1/640s, ISO 320
#Birds #RingBilledGull #RBGU #Gulls #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

A brown-flecked juvenile gull stands on bare sand.

January 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Its rider’s name was Death...

@kittyonunicorn.bsky.social

Hunter UA:s words.
Video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBGU...

September 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM

Parsingphase

@parsingphase.dev

#DailyBird 🤖
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis), 1st January 2024
es: Gaviota de Delaware, fr: Goéland à Bec Cerclé
Winthrop Town, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 1/640s, ISO 320
#Birds #RingBilledGull #RBGU #Gulls #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

A gull with a grey-flecked head and a black band around its yellow bill sits on a rock in front of the sea.

February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM

Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them)

@jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social

Continued!

MODO
RBGU
GREG
SNEG
DCCO
COGR
BRBL
GRRO
COPO
PHAI
BTSP

November 12, 2023 at 5:28 PM

Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁

@stevewaycott.bsky.social

Attempted water extraction, in three parts. (Ring-billed Gull vs. a piece of waterlogged bread)

Sheffield, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2025

📸 #birds #gull #RBGU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

A primarily white gull with black in its wing tips and a black ring around the tip of its bill is flying down and to the right toward the surface of the water.

A primarily white gull with a black ring around the tip of its bill is touching the surface of the water with the tips of its feet and its bill is open and about to grab onto some food in the water.

A primarily white gull with a black ring around the tip of its bill is just above the surface of the water and has grabbed onto some food in the water.

September 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁

@stevewaycott.bsky.social

4-shot sequence of a Ring-billed Gull giving its head a shake in the beautiful evening light.

Burton, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2024

📸 #birds #gull #RBGU #nature #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

A backlit ring-billed gull is flying over the water.

A backlit ring-billed gull is flying over the water while shaking its head and spraying water droplets.

August 23, 2024 at 3:00 PM

Brian JK Miller

@brianjkmiller.bsky.social

RBGU#16. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis), Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

June 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM

hoodoodude

@hoodoodude.bsky.social

forgot to post this but

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBgu...

Weird OneTrueMedia Incident (2013)

YouTube video by hoodoodude

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December 1, 2024 at 6:26 AM

Pink Dolphin

@pinkdolphin.bsky.social

Страшенно люблю цю лірично сумну жінку 🖤
music.youtube.com/watch?v=RbGu...

Winona Oak - Break My Broken Heart [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by Winona Oak

music.youtube.com

March 3, 2026 at 6:43 PM

Bob Danley

@imagewildlife.bsky.social

#Birded the Mission Valley (w. MT) today...mostly at Ninepipe NWR. This refuge is 1700 acres of terminal moraine established on Trust lands of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Great aesthetics and birdlife. Checked off 7 year species: BNST, RBGU, CAGU, WEGR, EAGR, RNGR, FOTE No 🦤 😊

This photo is from atop National Bison Range looking north over the Mission Valley and rugged Mission Mountains.

Photo of a large body of shallow water habitat on Ninepipe NWR. Established as a irrigation reservoir in 1910. Several islands serve as roost and nesting substrate for a variety of bird species (how many can you make out?).

Closer view of one of the reservoir islands used by multitudes of gulls, mostly Ring-billed with lesser number of California Gulls.

Western Grebe is a common species on the Ninepipe NWR Reservoir. This grebe is basically black and white. It has a long neck, white in front and black in rear. The head is capped black extending below red eye. The narrow yellowish bill is nearly as long as head width. Both the mantle and abdomen are a light black.

May 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM

Daryll Marie

@daryllmarie.bsky.social

The species list (I suspect I’m forgetting a couple 🤔): ABDU, AGOL, BAEA, BARS, BLJA, CANG, COHA, DCCO, GRCA, GBBG, GBHE, GREG, GRYE, GWTE, MODO, NOHA, NOMO, OSPR, RWBL, RBGU, SAVS, SEPL, SESA, SNEG, TRES, WRSA

September 8, 2024 at 9:43 PM