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Franklin's Gull, Larus pipixcan.
July 31 to November 13 and March 22 to May 28+. Regular transient that is sometimes abundant locally. The southward migration of Franklin's Gull is sometimes spectacular. An estimated 200 birds were at the state fish hatchery on October 9, 1983, and the observers thought the "true" count might actually be double that figure. On October 19, 1985, over 300 were counted in the vicinity of Smith Field in Siloam Springs, with single birds and small flocks streaming south on a regular basis. Later in the day the same observers counted several thousand of these birds near or on the Grand Lake of the Cherokees in Delaware County, Oklahoma. A single bird was observed at Lake Frances on June 7, 1986.

Bonaparte's Gull, Larus philadelphia.
October 17 to December 21+ and March 15 to May 12. Uncommon transient, rare winter visitor. observed on reservoirs throughout the region usually in low numbers. In 1984 counts of 6 to 30 birds were made regularly between April 1 and May 2 at Lake Frances near Siloam Springs. Three birds were seen at the Beaver Lake dam site in Carroll County on February 1, 1986. In the Prairie Creek area of Beaver Lake, 11 were seen on February 17, 1986, and more than 50 on March 3.

Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis.
September 13 to May 16+. Common migrant and locally common winter resident. A total of 134 were at Lake Frances November 13, 1983. More than 100 were in the Prairie Creek area on Beaver Lake January 1, 1984. On Bull Shoals Lake these Gulls occur regularly in the Sugar Loaf area near Lead Hill in Boone County. Flocks have been found on several occasions feeding on dead fish at the state fish hatchery and at Beaver Lake.

Herring Gull, Larus argentatus.
One was collected at Bentonville on December 15, 1939. Single birds were seen in the Fayetteville area on March 21, 1957, and March 25, 1958. One was seen on the Fayetteville Christmas Bird Count in 1971 and one appeared with Ring-billed Gulls at Centerton on April 7, 1988.