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Outdoor Radio: Don't Call Them Sea Gulls!

开云体育 | By Chris Albertine
Published January 17, 2018 at 1:08 PM EST
A Great Black-Backed Gull calling among Herring Gulls at Grow Compost in Waterbury.
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A Great Black-Backed Gull calling among Herring Gulls at Grow Compost in Waterbury.
Kent McFarland, courtesy / Vermont Center For Ecostudies
A First Cycle Glaucous Gull looks very different from the Herring and Black-Backed Gulls. These are the three species of gulls found in Vermont.
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A First Cycle Glaucous Gull looks very different from the Herring and Black-Backed Gulls. These are the three species of gulls found in Vermont.
Bryan Pfeiffer, courtesy
Herring and Great Black-Backed Gulls feast together at Grow Compost.
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Herring and Great Black-Backed Gulls feast together at Grow Compost.
Kent McFarland, courtesy / Vermont Center For Ecostudies
A Herring Gull swallows a chunk of food whole.
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A Herring Gull swallows a chunk of food whole.
Kent McFarland, courtesy / Vermont Center For Ecostudies
Gulls flying over a pile of compost. Look closely to see the line of gulls standing at attention!
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Gulls flying over a pile of compost. Look closely to see the line of gulls standing at attention!
Kent McFarland, courtesy / Vermont Center For Ecostudies
A Herring Gull in flight exhibits the beauty and grace of the bird some think of as a nuisance.
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A Herring Gull in flight exhibits the beauty and grace of the bird some think of as a nuisance.
Kent McFarland, courtesy / Vermont Center For Ecostudies
European Starlings are among the many of species that birders go to see at Grow Compost in Waterbury. See our links for more pictures and directions.
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European Starlings are among the many of species that birders go to see at Grow Compost in Waterbury. See our links for more pictures and directions.
Kent McFarland, courtesy / Vermont Center For Ecostudies

Gulls are found on every continent on the planet. They're smart, resourceful, and graceful - but don't call them sea gulls! There are inland species, even some that live in the desert. Biologists Kent McFarland and Sara Zahendra of the Vermont Center For Ecostudies, are joined by birder, Bryan Pfeiffer at in Waterbury. Hundreds of gulls (and other birds) hang out amid this huge expanse of compost enjoying an endless feast.

See more photos and learn about gulls in Vermont at the links below:

  • From Glaucous Gulls to Bald Eagles, there are observed at Grow Compost and submitted to Vermont eBird.
  • View the latest bird sightings at Grow Compost on and get directions to this and other birding hotspots.
  • at Vermont eBird.
  • Learn more about Glaucous Gulls and other gulls in the guide.
  • Read more about this visiting Arctic Gull on
  • Here's a.

Outdoor Radio is produced in collaboration with the Vermont Center For Ecostudies with support from the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation.
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Chris Albertine
Chris was 开云体育 Radio Audio Engineer for more than 20 years. In addition to his work for VPR, he has supervised the sound for television documentaries for the Discovery Channel, Turner Broadcast, and the Arts and Entertainment Network. Chris retired in December, 2020.
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