{"id":6318,"date":"2012-10-11T03:55:47","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T09:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6318"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:00:16","slug":"ring-billed-gull-on-the-wing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/10\/11\/ring-billed-gull-on-the-wing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ring-billed Gull On The Wing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I had a bit of fun photographing this Ring-billed Gull at Farmington Bay Wildlife Management Area in Davis County, Utah.<\/p>\n

\"BankingBanking Ring-billed Gull against a clear blue sky – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/4000, ISO 640, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I love the snowy whites these gulls exhibit in their plumage year round. This gull flew in towards me then turned to expose its complete underside.<\/p>\n

\"Ring-billedRing-billed Gull starting a dive – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/6400, ISO 640, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

This image is the next frame I took as the gull turned to dive towards the water. Just one frame can make quite a difference in poses when you are photographing a Ring-billed Gull<\/span><\/a> on the wing.<\/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":"

Yesterday I had a bit of fun photographing this Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) at Farmington Bay Wildlife Management Area, I love the snowy whites these gulls exhibit in their plumage year round<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,697,410,26],"tags":[970,3981,4478,4620,4052,4122,3539,521,4264,4094,4246,4468,4095],"class_list":["post-6318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-ring-billed-gulls","category-utah","tag-autumn","tag-davis-county","tag-dive","tag-fall","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-gull","tag-gulls","tag-larus-delawarensis","tag-marsh","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-ring-billed-gull","tag-wetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ring-billed-gull-flight-mia-mcpherson-0276.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1DU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54426,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/10\/04\/ring-billed-gulls-i-like-photographing-them-year-round-in-northern-utah\/","url_meta":{"origin":6318,"position":0},"title":"Ring-billed Gulls – I Like Photographing Them Year Round In Northern Utah","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I like gulls, I like the way they look, I like the way they fly, I like the way they try to steal food from each other and other birds, I like the challenges of photographing them and I really like how scrappy they are.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ring-billed Gull flying over a freshwater marsh, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ring-billed-gull-flight-mia-mcpherson-6552.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ring-billed-gull-flight-mia-mcpherson-6552.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ring-billed-gull-flight-mia-mcpherson-6552.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ring-billed-gull-flight-mia-mcpherson-6552.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":48875,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/10\/10\/dorsal-view-of-a-ring-billed-gull-in-flight\/","url_meta":{"origin":6318,"position":1},"title":"Dorsal view of a Ring-billed Gull in Flight","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Just a simple post today of a simple bird, a dorsal view of a Ring-billed Gull in flight over a water feature at Farmington Bay WMA.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Dorsal view of a Ring-billed Gull, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ring-billed-gull-flight-mia-mcpherson-4718.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ring-billed-gull-flight-mia-mcpherson-4718.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ring-billed-gull-flight-mia-mcpherson-4718.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ring-billed-gull-flight-mia-mcpherson-4718.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60395,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/09\/22\/remarkably-symmetrical-molt-in-a-ring-billed-gull\/","url_meta":{"origin":6318,"position":2},"title":"Remarkably Symmetrical Molt In A Ring-Billed Gull","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Not only was this Ring-billed Gull in molt it was molting in a remarkably symmetrical pattern which I found interesting. 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