The bill is somewhat confusing to me, but proportions don't seem right for a ring-billed gull.
Jason Sharp;
Fort De Soto, Pinellas County, Florida
The Herring Gull, Larus argentatus, is a large gull (up to 26 inches or 66 cm long), and is the most abundant and best known of all gulls along the shores of Asia, western Europe, and North America. It breeds across North America, Europe and Asia. Some Herring Gulls, especially those resident in colder areas, migrate further south in winter, but many are permanent residents, e.g. those on the lower Great Lakes, on the east coast of...
