Date: 11/17/25 3:14 pm From: Kathy Robbins <villarosamn...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Ring bill gull behavior among feeding Hooded Mergansers
We also saw the same behavior on a lake in Douglas County, MN.
Kathy Robbins
On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM Sherry Gray <
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> 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:
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> 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
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> Keith Carlson
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