The ivory gull was big news in Illinois, where it was documented in stories in the Chicago Tribune and the hometown Quincy Herald-Whig, which quoted the Kassoufs. "We've been birding for 50 years ...

If anyone deserves to find an ivory gull at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake, it’s Amar Ayyash. Known throughout the nation as a gull expert and the administrator of the North American ...

These birds have short, red legs and a pink wash on their chest and underbelly. The ivory gull is another species of seagull that made it onto this list. Because there are so many, they can be ...

And then there’s the white ghost. Ayyash still reflects on the adult Ivory Gull he encountered in early January 2018 at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. He was alone, checking the ...

While scouring the Internet for recent sightings, an ivory gull caught his attention. Click here to view the photo gallery Ivory gulls have a population of 24,000 worldwide, according to the ...

They fly. The gull has probably gone. And that’s often what seems to happen with the rare ones. Gulls are great fliers. A birder once reported that an ivory gull, one of the rarest gulls in ...

Avid bird watchers from around the state flocked to Grover Beach this past weekend to see a rare ivory gull feeding on the carcass of a seal. Brad Schram of Arroyo Grande, who has birded in the ...

Before my dad had surgery three years ago, he asked me for a favor: “Lizzie, will you take care of the Gull for a few weeks?” We’d just finished a spirited sail on the Ivory Gull ...

Jay Mulcahy of East Taunton called last Sunday to tell me about an ivory gull that has been frequenting the boat ramp parking lot behind East Bay Grille in Plymouth. A friend of his had told him ...

Bird enthusiasts relied heavily on social media this week to share the thrill of seeing a whiter-than-white and rarer-than-rare ivory gull. 'This was definitely my dream bird. I feel like I won ...