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Saturday, November 4, 2017
Ring-billed Gulls
The Ring-billed Gulls are undoubtedly going to be one of the common species of urban wildlife I see here in Meaford. Down on the waterfront yesterday, with a strong wind from the northeast, and only one gull was around. Even if it was there to eat garbage, it was still graceful.
It looked like an immature gull, hatched this year, but it had pretty well developed the adult colouration. It stayed on the ground snatching at garbage except when I got too close. But when it flew, it looped around gracefully until it thought it was safe to land again.
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I'm beginning to believe that seagulls unite all our countries :D This gull with the exception of the spots on its head, the ring on its beak and the paleness of its legs could easily be a Silver Gull from the beach three miles from where I'm sitting in Adelaide, South Australia. And yes, ours eat everything, particularly chips, they are great fans of flocking around families eating takeaway - so much that I smell chips when I hear them.
ReplyDeleteFabulous photos and great captures of a moving target. If you had produced a packet of hot chips, would more have appeared?
Thank you so much for sharing :D
Best wishes,
Liz
Stunning photos - I think gulls are some of the prettiest birds - they have such glorious feather patterns.
ReplyDeleteWonderful in-flight photos!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos, FG.
ReplyDeleteWonderful captures!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic shots of the gull in flight!
ReplyDeleteLove the in-flight pictures. - Margy
ReplyDeleteI've always been captivated by gulls in flight, even if they're swarming around a land-fill site. Just don't do anything that might encourage them to visit your house!
ReplyDeleteHello, Beautiful series of flight shots. The gulls do seem to hanging around the trash and beg for food. The Ring-billed Gull is pretty. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Happy Sunday, enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful bird!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful day!
Amazing photos as usual , thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThey are about the only kind we have except maybe during migration. They are a filthy pain, although graceful... but they sort of help define coastal towns. I would call them flying rats, except I reserve that title for the Canada Geese.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures of the gull in flight! I am impressed. :-)
ReplyDeleteThose are some awesome pictures FG.
ReplyDeleteNice photos of the gull in flight.
ReplyDeleteYou got some really nice shots of him flying. I like watch seagulls flying too, and the further north we see them, the better I like them. I never paid much attention to gulls until I spied a greater black backed gull from the train on my morning commuted years ago. We travelled alongside Lk Ontario and he was double the size of normal gulls, and so striking. I had to look him up and although I saw him in the same spot all that year, I've not seen one since.
ReplyDeleteExcellent flight shots! The first shot looks quite stoic.
ReplyDeleteWow, those are fantastic in flight photos.
ReplyDeleteSuper flight shots.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
You've got some fabulous captures of the gull in flight. Well done!
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