Laughing Gull

A medium-sized gull with fairly long wings and long legs, the Laughing Gull is gray above, white below, and has a black hood. It has a laugh-like call. It eats crustaceans, insects, and fish, but will eat almost anything it finds in a parking lot, along the Seawall, or behind a ferry or shrimp boat.

Lee Roane

East End Lagoon Nature Preserve

Laughing Gull

Eating lunch in pond across Boddeker Road.

Kristine Rivers

Galveston Island

Laughing Gull, Forster’s Tern

Photo featured in Now’s The Time To Sharpen Your ID Skills.

Kristine Rivers

San Luis Pass

Willet, Sanderling, Ruddy Turnstone, Laughing Gull, Forster’s Tern, Black Skimmer, American Avocet

A mixed flock. Photo featured in Now’s The Time To Sharpen Your ID Skills.

Mary Halligan

North Deer Island Rookery

Laughing Gull

Photo taken on a Birding for Fun Tour.

Mary Halligan

West End

Laughing Gull

Photo taken at Galveston Ornithological Society Open House.

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