{"id":60395,"date":"2019-09-22T04:29:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T10:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=60395"},"modified":"2025-02-08T07:02:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T13:02:33","slug":"remarkably-symmetrical-molt-in-a-ring-billed-gull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/09\/22\/remarkably-symmetrical-molt-in-a-ring-billed-gull\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarkably Symmetrical Molt In A Ring-Billed Gull"},"content":{"rendered":"

If I see a gull in good light I am going to photograph it because I think gulls are beautiful so when I saw this molting Ring-billed Gull I knew I wanted plenty of photos of the gull. I’ve been photographing Ring-billed Gulls in September in the wetlands at Farmington Bay WMA for ten years now and this is the first one where I could easily see the symmetry of the molt. How could I resist?<\/p>\n

\"MoltingMolting Ring-billed Gull in flight – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/6400, ISO 640, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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This image and the other two below show that this Ring-billed Gull is molting its primaries, secondaries and some tail feathers.<\/p>\n

\"SymmetricalSymmetrical molt in a Ring-billed Gull – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/6400, ISO 640, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Not only was this Ring-billed Gull in molt it was molting in a remarkably symmetrical pattern which I found interesting. Because the gull was in flight the symmetry was very visible.<\/p>\n

\"MoltingMolting Ring-billed Gull flying over Farmington Bay WMA – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/5000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

These three photos were the best that I was able to take of this molting Ring-billed Gull looking for prey in the water below it before the gull flew off and I lost sight of it.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Ring-billed Gull photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not only was this Ring-billed Gull in molt it was molting in a remarkably symmetrical pattern which I found interesting. Because the gull was in flight the symmetry was very visible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,1022,697,410,26],"tags":[4004,2069,4052,4122,3539,521,4264,4094,2312,2313,4246,4468,2315,7759,4095],"class_list":["post-60395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-ring-billed-gulls","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-blue-sky","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-gull","tag-gulls","tag-larus-delawarensis","tag-marsh","tag-molt","tag-molting","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-ring-billed-gull","tag-summer-3","tag-symmetrical","tag-wetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t