American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
Family: Gulls, terns, and skimmers
American Herring Gull is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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Both parents are involved in building the nest, incubating the eggs and feeding the young.
It has a varied diet, including marine invertebrates such as mussels, crabs, sea urchins, and squid; fish such as capelin, alewife, and smelt; insects; and other birds including their chicks and eggs.
It feeds at sea and on beaches, mudflats, lakes, rivers, fields, and refuse dumps.