Are there seagulls in Iowa?

[payasam]

Last I heard, Rob, the halides in use were still of silver: but if "special" camera bodies can be plated with gold, perhaps film cans too can be...

 

[rover]

Migratory routes, yes, but that is different from seagulls. I visited a friend who lived in West Virginia for a short period, Bluefield. WV is in a major migratory path for many north american birds, I saw an amazing varieties of species during that visit.

 

[PhotoJim]

Pelicans can be seen migrating throughout the midwest.

Does this count?

We have pelicans that spend the summer near here, on nearby lakes. About 50 km west of here is a major pelican breeding ground, strangely enough.

 

[FrankS]

We have Canada geese that have gotten too lazy and don't bother to migrate south for winter.

 

[dostacos]

Or any other far inland place? I live some 45ish miles from the shore here and while in the Walmart parking lot my son asked why there were seagulls because we weren't on the beach. I explained they are scavengers and all that technical stuff, but he kept falling back on the "sea" part. So, how far inland have you seen them? I think I recall seeing them in Kentucky last year, but I really pay no mind to them so maybe I didn't.

Where do you live? Any seagulls around?

I live in Southern California about 50 miles from the beach and rarely see them, execpt AT THE LOCAL DUMPS. [foggy days seem to help them wander inland] let's face it they are just sea going pigeons or as I prefer to call them FLYING RATS

 

[Kin Lau]

About 2-3km south of the Heart of Toronto in Lake Ontario, is the nesting site for about 1 million ring-billed gulls (that's the Leslie Spit aka Tommy Thompson Park for you locals). That's 10% of the world's population of ring-bill's. The noise and the stench is quite something.

 

[FrankS]

let's face it they are just sea going pigeons or as I prefer to call them FLYING RATS

I agree, and squirrels are just rats with bushy tails.

 

[Wayne R. Scott]

I agree, and squirrels are just rats with bushy tails.

Yumm, baked squirrel with squirrel gravy on "smashed" potatoes. They taste better than Seagulls or spotted owls.

Wayne