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Art details · Episode 4
Ring-billed Gull
The beach-parking-lot regular, given a card of its own. The Ring-billed Gull is one of the most familiar birds on the Florida coast in winter, and it was the second card drawn for the deck.
Fun facts
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It is named for the black ring around its yellow bill.
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It takes three years to grow into its clean white-and-grey adult plumage; young birds are mottled brown.
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Most Ring-billed Gulls you see in Florida are winter visitors that breed far to the north, around the Great Lakes and in Canada.
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