Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

Ring-billed Gull -- Arrowhead Marsh, Oakland, CA
Canon EOS Rebel T5i, EF-S 55-250mm IS II, 1/400s, f/5.6, ISO: 100

I tend to avoid taking pictures of gulls.  If I get a good picture I'll need to identify it, and identifying gulls can be difficult.  Well, some are easy, like ring-billed and heerman's gulls.

We don't see heerman's gulls in the estuary.  They seem to stick to the coastline,  Ring-billed gulls are common, though.  I found this gull sitting on the railing of the fishing dock.  This particular bird was very patient with me as I took photos, comfortable enough to sit down and ignore me for the most part.