The Gull Rocks Light was a lighthouse at the entrance to Newport harbor northwest of Rose Island. A unique A-frame structure, it was supplemented with...
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zooming high on the breeze to drop a shellfish or sea urchin onto rocks. The gulls' diet consists of a number various fish species and invertebrates....
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Gull Rock Light Station, a lighthouse in Michigan, United States Gull Rock National Park, a national park in Western Australia, Australia Gull Rocks Light...
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islands (the other being Black Island) and is south of Gull Rocks and Black Island. Gull Rocks (at approximately 44°59′35″N 72°12′48″W / 44.993100°N...
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The kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), also known as the Dominican gull, is a gull that breeds on coasts and islands through much of the Southern Hemisphere...
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Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the subfamily Larinae. They are most closely related to terns and skimmers, distantly related to auks...
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The silver gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) is a gull in Oceania. It is the most common gull of Australia. It has been found throughout the continent...
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The black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris) is a gull native to shorelines of East Asia. The black-tailed gull is medium-sized (46 cm) (19 Inches), with...
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The great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) is the largest member of the gull family. It is a very aggressive hunter, pirate, and scavenger which breeds...
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Harbor Light; Charles Curtis of the Rose Island Light, O. F. Kirby of Gull Rocks Light; and Edward Fogerty of the Brenton Reef Lightship. The captain and...
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western gull (Larus occidentalis) is a large white-headed gull that lives on the west coast of North America and the Pacific Ocean. The western gull ranges...
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Located on the southern side of Otago Peninsula, between Seal Point and the Gull Rocks on the western side of Sandymount, Sandfly Bay is a Department of Conservation...
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The American herring gull or Smithsonian gull (Larus smithsonianus or Larus argentatus smithsonianus) is a large gull that breeds in North America, where...
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None 052 52 ft (16 m) Gull Rocks Light Newport 41°30′09″N 71°19′59″W / 41.5024°N 71.3331°W / 41.5024; -71.3331 (Gull Rocks Light) 1887 (Former) 1928...
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are four small islets (Gull Rocks) on the western side of the pass, less than 1 mile from Unalga Island, with many detached rocks above water in the same...
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not an especially persuasive one here. Don't be gulled by those who would compare The Hand That Rocks the Cradle to Fatal Attraction, which features three...
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The grey gull, also known as garuma gull (Leucophaeus modestus) is a medium-sized gull native to South America. Unusual among gulls, it breeds inland in...
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Great Gull Island is a 17-acre (6.9 ha) island separating the Long Island and Block Island sounds, located approximately 0.4 miles (0.6 km) southwest of...
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The Liancourt Rocks, known in Korea as Dokdo (Korean: 독도) and in Japan as Takeshima (Japanese: 竹島), are a group of islets in the Sea of Japan between...
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Belcher's gull (Larus belcheri), also known as the band-tailed gull, is a bird in the family Laridae found along the Pacific coast of South America. It...
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Gould Island Gull Rocks Hog Island Shoal Ida Lewis Rock Musselbed Shoals Nayatt Point Newport Harbor Plum Beach Point Judith Pomham Rocks Poplar Point...
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Tappan. It has variously been interpreted as "maize land", "place of gulls", "rocks that look like trees", which would refer to the Palisades, atop which...
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Gould Island Gull Rocks Hog Island Shoal Ida Lewis Rock Musselbed Shoals Nayatt Point Newport Harbor Plum Beach Point Judith Pomham Rocks Poplar Point...
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Gould Island Gull Rocks Hog Island Shoal Ida Lewis Rock Musselbed Shoals Nayatt Point Newport Harbor Plum Beach Point Judith Pomham Rocks Poplar Point...
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The white-eyed gull (Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus) is a small gull that is endemic to the Red Sea. Its closest relative is the sooty gull. The species is...
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Gould Island Gull Rocks Hog Island Shoal Ida Lewis Rock Musselbed Shoals Nayatt Point Newport Harbor Plum Beach Point Judith Pomham Rocks Poplar Point...
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Gould Island Gull Rocks Hog Island Shoal Ida Lewis Rock Musselbed Shoals Nayatt Point Newport Harbor Plum Beach Point Judith Pomham Rocks Poplar Point...
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Breeding seabirds and shorebirds include common diving-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and black-faced cormorant. Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton...
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High Rocks is a 3.2-hectare (7.9-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Tunbridge Wells in East Sussex and Kent. It is a Geological...
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