When do you start seeing these animals when you drive west from New Jersey? (Walmart, parking)

[Bluefox]

American herring gulls are present year round in the Great Lakes. They inhabit both fresh and marine coastal environments. Ring billed gulls are ubiquitous across much of the US both near water and inland.

Thayer’s gull breeds in the Arctic but winters along the northern Pacific coast (Alaska to the PNW) as well as the Great Lakes.

Kumlien’s gull also breeds in the Arctic but winters on the Atlantic coast in the Maritimes and New England, as well as the Great Lakes.

There are a number of other gull species present in the Great Lakes area year round or during various parts of the year.

[arr430]

Originally Posted by saybanana

I saw pictures of seagulls at Wrigley Field. I didnt know they flew that far from the ocean salty water.

I lived about 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, and saw a flock once in a while in my parking lot. Huge numbers winter in the open water at Niagara falls, where up to ten species of gull can be seen in a day.

[Gfitz1010]

Originally Posted by saybanana

I saw pictures of seagulls at Wrigley Field. I didnt know they flew that far from the ocean salty water.

"Sea" Gulls actually aren't a real thing. I saw them all the time when I lived in Denver and I see them pretty often in SLC as well

[wherewhatwho]

We have bald eagles, coyotes, monarchs and timber rattlesnakes in NJ...

[Citykid3785]

Originally Posted by saybanana

I saw another thread about trees and where to find them.

So I thought what about animals.

So what start do you start seeing these animals when driving west starting from Pennsylvania?

1. Bald Eagle
2. Whale
3. Buffalo
4. Coyotes
5. Monarch Butterflies
6. Dolphin
7. Condor
8. Tiger (I bet you know if you saw Tiger King on Netflix)
9. Seagull
10. Rattlesnake

1. immediately
2. Cali
3. Africa. Unless you were intending to ask about the America "Bison." You'll see some in farms in Ohio I'm sure, and you'll see them wild starting in the Dakotas
4. immediately
5. immediately
6. Cali
7. Arizona?
8. China
9. Great lakes
10. immediately

[wherewhatwho]

Originally Posted by wherewhatwho

We have bald eagles, coyotes, monarchs and timber rattlesnakes in NJ...

I didn't even notice seagull on your list. You know we have beaches right...and Walmart parking lots. We have a ton of seagulls.

[eddie gein]

Originally Posted by IowanFarmer

There are very few truly wild bison herds in North America. You could maybe count Custer State Park in western South Dakota, but realistically, it's probably Yellowstone.

After reading your post I learned that Yellowstone was the last place on the continent that had wild buffalo. By 1900 there were only around 25 wild buffalo there. Today there are 5000.

Here in Oklahoma we took some salvaged buffalo from that period (15 head) from New York in 1907 and put them in the Wichita National Wildlife refuge. There are 650 free range buffalo in the refuge today.

[milliepearl]

In Minnesota, we have bald eagles, coyotes, monarch butterflies and seagulls.

For a close-up view, I like to keep an eye on this eagle cam from Decorah, Iowa.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmclL6funN8

[evening sun]

Originally Posted by IowanFarmer

There are seagulls at large glacial lakes in Iowa and the Dakotas. It's amazing how far they fly from salt water.

Some seagulls breed inland. In places like Mono Lake, CA.

The Condor can be seen in Pinnacles Park, California.

[TheTimidBlueBars]

Originally Posted by IowanFarmer

There are seagulls at large glacial lakes in Iowa and the Dakotas. It's amazing how far they fly from salt water.

I've seen them at Moses Lake in eastern Washington, which isn't even large