Gulls

Wanted to write about these often overlooked birds. They are interesting. This one's a bit longer than usual, but I could go on about gulls for some time. There's a lot to say.

Herring Gull. If I misidentify any gulls in the captions here, please feel free to correct me—though I hope I don’t make any glaring mistakes.

A snobbish habit I have is to sometimes jump in and correct people when I hear them call a gull a “seagull.” They aren’t limited to the sea. They’re simply gulls.

You might see a Herring Gull at the beach. It migh…