[Length 11 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This winter plumaged Little Gull was photographed at Holgate, New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: July 1983)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This winter plumaged Little Gull in flight was photographed at Holgate, New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: July 1983)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Little Gull was photographed at Titchwell RSPB Reserve, Norfolk, England, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 2002)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This adult (left) and first year (right) Little Gull were photographed at Titchwell RSPB Reserve, Norfolk, England, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 2002)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This first winter Little Gull was photographed at Port Aransas, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter (EFL=750mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: February 17, 2011)

[Length 11 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This first winter Little Gull was photographed at Port Aransas, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter (EFL=750mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: February 17, 2011)

[Length 17.5 in. Wingspan 48 in.]

This Ring-billed Gull was photographed at Port Aransas, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=300mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: February 24, 2008)

[Length 17.5 in. Wingspan 48 in.]

Ring-billed Gulls breed around the Great Lakes, central Canada, and the northwestern US. They winter around the Great Lakes, both coasts of the US, and inland areas of the southeastern US. This immature was photographed along the boardwalk at Jones Beach in Long Island, New York, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: January 1980)

[Length 17.5 in. Wingspan 48 in.]

This Ring-billed Gull was photographed at Brooks, Alberta, Canada. Photo taken with a AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED [II] lens on a Nikon D3200 camera. (Date: June 28, 2018)