Date: 11/17/25 10:49 am From: Sherry Gray <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Ring bill gull behavior among feeding Hooded Mergansers
I think so. We once watched a flock of RB gulls stealing fish from a flock of DC Cormorants sailing down the Mississippi River in late October, north of La Crosse. Dramatic battle between the two species.
Sherry GraySaint Paul, Minnesota
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On Monday, November 17, 2025 at 12:40:32 PM EST, Keith Carlson <keithecarls...> wrote:
Noticed heavy ring billed gull activity on Lake Owasso south shore in
Roseville across the street from where I live. Went and confirmed.my
suspicions that the concentration was there probably to feed but by, I
suspect, stealing fish from the flock of hooded mergansers as they surfaced
after diving and catching a fish. Based on past similar experiences I just
wanted to confirm this is in fact common ring bill gull behavior
