Source: China News Network
A free-flying red-billed gull. Photo by Li Guodong
The red-billed gull "rests and punches in" in Gulin. Photo by Li Guodong
A free-flying red-billed gull. Photo by Li Guodong
Flocks of red-billed gulls. Photo by Li Guodong The weather is gradually getting colder, and it is the season of migratory birds. On October 29th, the breeze on the Gulin River in Luzhou, Sichuan Province, ushered in a group of red-billed gulls on the river, these seagulls from afar stretched their wings, freely frolicking, flying, foraging on the riverbank, and using their red claws to pluck the waves and flowers, adding a lot of agility and beauty to the small city of Gulin. "In recent years, red-billed gulls have often been photographed by the Gulin River." Photography enthusiast Li Guodong said that the red-billed gull is commonly known as the "water pigeon", the body shape and coat color are similar to the pigeon, the mouth and feet are red, most of the body feathers are white, the tail feathers are black, like to live in groups, like to choose a quiet environment, good water quality of local activities. The red-billed gulls in the shot are estimated to have stopped for a short rest on the way from cold Siberia to the warm Dianchi Lake in Yunnan Province for the winter.