Ring-billed Gull

Description: 18-20" Adult silvery gray on back, white on head, tail and underparts, similar to Herrin Gull but smaller, with greenish-yellow legs and feet, narrow flat ring around bill, young birds mottled brown, black wing tips with small white dots	Habitat:Common over a wide range. Found at inland marshes, wetlands, ponds, lakes and at coastal mud flats, beaches.
Nesting: 2-4 spotted buff or olive eggs in a hollow in the ground, sometimes lined with grass and debris, sometimes nest in colonies	Range: breeds in Northwest, south to California to New England, winters southward to southern Mexico
Voice: loud raucous cry, similar to Herring but higher in pitch	Diet: Fish, insects, worms, rodents, bird eggs, offal; in winter, much garbage. Chicks' diet parallels adults' diet.

Notes: Often seen eating fries at fast-food parking lots (really), adult plumage not attained until third year

When present in Oklahoma: present in winter months only