Your wildlife questions are answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.

Just as importantly, it is organized in an easily digestible format for newcomers: First we are taught how to identify different types of gulls, and then the different gull species types are ...

When writing about gull identification it’s a good idea to identify the gulls in the photo properly. And I didn’t! Sorry about that. If permitted an excuse for my blunder, I’ll go with the ...

and should be learned well as a reference point for less common species. The larger California (commonly occurs alongside the ring-billed in the west) is a 4-cycle gull with a stouter bill and ...

Gull populations are in decline, with several species on the UK red list of conservation concern. Some gulls are coming to live closer to people, adding human leftovers to their natural menu of ...