
California Gull Images, Facts and Information:
Larus californicus
- California Gulls are medium sized gulls that have yellow bills and legs with white heads and underparts with medium gray backs.
- They have red eye rings, dark eyes, orange gapes and their bills have has a black line with a red spot on the lower mandible.
- California Gulls are found in western North America where they breed in the interior west.
- They are opportunistic feeders and they will eat just about any thing they can snatch or catch including fish, small mammals, insects, garbage, fruit, grains and marine invertebrates.
- California Gulls lay between 1 to 4 eggs which take 23 to 27 days to hatch. Both parents incubate.
- A group of gulls can be called a “squabble”, “flotilla”, “screech” and “scavenging” of gulls.
- California Gulls can live up to 30 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my California Gull photos.
California Gull in flight on a clear April morning
Title: California Gull in flight on a clear April morning
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/20/2015
California Gull portrait on Antelope Island
Title: California Gull portrait on Antelope Island
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/20/2015
California Gull fly by
Title: California Gull fly by
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/21/2014
California Gull on the wing
Title: California Gull on the wing
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/21/2014
California Gull in a puddle
Title: California Gull in a puddle
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/21/2013
California Gull drinking water after a bath
Title: California Gull drinking water after a bath
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/21/2013
California Gull goofy pose
Title: California Gull goofy pose
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/21/2013
California Gull giving one final flutter
Title: California Gull giving one final flutter
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/21/2013
California Gull shaking the water off its wings
Title: California Gull shaking the water off its wings
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/21/2013
Fluttering California Gull
Title: Fluttering California Gull
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/21/2013
California Gull lifting up
Title: California Gull lifting up
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/21/2013
California Gull bathing
Title: California Gull bathing
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/21/2013
California Gull with a bill full of Brine Flies
Title: California Gull with a bill full of Brine Flies
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/16/2012
California Gull gobbling up Brine Flies at the Great Salt Lake
Title: California Gull gobbling up Brine Flies at the Great Salt Lake
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/16/2012
Adult California Gull chasing Brine Flies on the shore
Title: Adult California Gull chasing Brine Flies on the shore
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/16/2012
Adult California Gull and Brine Flies at the Great Salt Lake
Title: Adult California Gull and Brine Flies at the Great Salt Lake
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/16/2012
California Gull slowing down on the shore of the Great Salt Lake
Title: California Gull slowing down on the shore of the Great Salt Lake
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/16/2012
California Gull feeding on Brine Flies in September
Title: California Gull feeding on Brine Flies in September
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/16/2012
Adult California Gull scooping up Brine Flies on the shore of the Great Salt Lake
Title: Adult California Gull scooping up Brine Flies on the shore of the Great Salt Lake
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/16/2012
California Gull racing after brine flies on the shore of the Great Salt Lake
Title: California Gull racing after brine flies on the shore of the Great Salt Lake
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/16/2012