In southeastern Vermont and the Connecticut River valley it is one of our three "winter gulls," joining company with the smaller ring-billed gull and the larger greater black-backed gull. Along the ...

No gull is bigger or badder. To compare them to more familiar predators, Great Black-backed Gulls are larger than Red-tailed Hawks, Ospreys and even the mighty Great Horned Owl.

This gull is around 69-73 centimetres long with a wingspan of 156-160 centimetres. The great black-backed gull is a common breeding species found here — at the coast and on estuaries — all ...