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Glaucus-winged gull
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Glaucus-winged gull

A hungry gull getting ready to drop the shell on the rocks
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Habitat
Rocky beach on an island
Location
Straight of Georgie, BC, Sandy Island
Date taken
August 11, 2023
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delia todd
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He's never going to eat that whole is he LOL

A terrific picture Joe - thanks my friend.
 
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Hi Delia, no, they were flying about 10 feet or so straight up and then dropping the shell. It would take the gulls about 5 of these drops to crack the shell so that they could get at it. Several gulls were doing it. I should have had a video:(
steve
 

Media information

Category
North America
Added by
bhutjoe
Date added
View count
257
Comment count
5

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION COOLPIX P950
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Focal length
268.0 mm
Exposure time
1/320 second(s)
ISO
100
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
DSCN5777.JPG
File size
3.8 MB
Date taken
Sun, 13 August 2023 1:42 AM
Dimensions
4608px x 3456px

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