Nature Canada

Bird Tweet of the Week: Ring-Billed Gull

This is just one of four gulls found locally throughout the year, and this medium sized gull actually migrates.

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Ring-Billed Gull. Photographed by Thomas McKinnon


Each week we introduce a new bird from the Ottawa-Gatineau area through our segment on CBC Radio’s In Town and Out. Alex MacDonald, Nature Canada’s Manager of Protected Areas, shares interesting facts about the birds that live in our communities. Be sure to tune-in to “Bird Tweet of the Week” on CBC Radio One 91.5 FM on Saturday mornings from 6am to 9am and listen to past episodes on our website

This episode aired on Saturday September 28, 2013

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