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Friday April 23, 1954. Nothing. All 3 species (argentatus, delawarensis, and pipixcan) common in flights around neighborhood. None landing Saturday April 24 Watching lake front Many Ring-bills and some Herrings migrating westerly. Mostly feeding. Some aerial long-calling. In the case of the Ring-bills, also some ground aggressiveness (on the ice) and pairing. Ring-bill Trumpeting call. Initial phase as usual. Second phase straight down. [[image]] Third phase. Series of notes forced out, in Oblique. At first the Oblique tends to be steady, then a head-toss develops with each note. Get more extreme. [[image]] Regular O [[image]] Head toss Then, for last note, (almost muffled), the tosses given while the neck relaxes [[Image]] Looks much more like FB
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[[Image: drawing of calling Ring-billed Gull with head down]]
[[Image: drawing of Ring-billed Gull with head up]]
[[Image: drawing of Ring-billed Gull tossing head]]
[[Image: drawing of Ring-billed Gull tossing head]]