{"id":257,"date":"2015-01-08T21:03:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/?p=257"},"modified":"2015-03-30T12:28:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T17:28:08","slug":"ring-billed-gull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/ring-billed-gull\/","title":{"rendered":"Ring-billed Gull"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a title=\"Ring-billed Gull by Rob Fergus, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/90105208@N07\/16232251862\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7473\/16232251862_b1d418bbf2.jpg?resize=285%2C149&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ring-billed Gull\" width=\"285\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen shot of video, 8 Jan 2015<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Ring-billed Gull<\/strong> (Code 1) 1 Jan 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>Area:<\/strong> Abundant local non breeding resident, with huge flocks often congregating at Spruce Run for the evening and flying to a landfill in Pennsylvania each morning. Often seen on local fields, strip malls, and other bodies of water. Usually the most numerous gull in Hunterdon County.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yard:<\/strong> Common flyover species, especially in the morning when small groups and occasionally larger flocks fly directly over house as move out into daytime foraging sites. Huge flock visible in distance leaving Spruce Run each morning to fly to Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_261\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-08-at-4.16.27-PM.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-261\" class=\"wp-image-261 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-08-at-4.16.27-PM.png?resize=500%2C418\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-01-08 at 4.16.27 PM\" width=\"500\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-08-at-4.16.27-PM.png?w=604&amp;ssl=1 604w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-08-at-4.16.27-PM.png?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen shot of video, 8 Jan 2015<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Audio:<\/strong> Birds moving overhead started calling in mid-March.<\/p>\n<p>Flyovers, 21 March 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/RBGU-21-March.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-696\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/RBGU-21-March.png?resize=500%2C98\" alt=\"RBGU 21 March\" width=\"500\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/RBGU-21-March.png?resize=1024%2C200&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/RBGU-21-March.png?resize=300%2C59&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/RBGU-21-March.png?resize=800%2C156&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/RBGU-21-March.png?w=1133&amp;ssl=1 1133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-257-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/RBGU-21-March-6-11pm.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/RBGU-21-March-6-11pm.mp3\">http:\/\/www.backyardbigyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/RBGU-21-March-6-11pm.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ring-billed Gull (Code 1) 1 Jan 2015 Area: Abundant local non breeding resident, with huge flocks often congregating at Spruce Run for the evening and flying to a landfill in Pennsylvania each morning. 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