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September 15, 2006
Friday Feathers
The Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) is a snow-white bird with slate gray wings and black wing tips with tiny white spots. The bill is yellow with an orange-red spot near the tip of the lower bill.
An opportunistic bird, this gull scavenges for food from dumpsters but will also take other birds' eggs and young right from the nest. Often drops clams and other shellfish from heights to break shells and get to the soft interior.
Nests in colonies, returning to the same site year after year. Lines ground nest with grasses and seaweed. Takes about four years for juveniles (above) to obtain adult plumage.
Cindy
Comments
great action shot .. the crab looks like its waving for help .. poor thing.
Brain matter deposited by: sdy on September 18, 2006 1:52 AM
Is that Jonathon Livingston?
Brain matter deposited by: Kat on September 19, 2006 2:27 PM
Kat - cute. :-)
Steve - thanks! I didn't even SEE the crab when I took the photo, so I was really surprised once I went through what I shot that day.
Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on September 21, 2006 8:51 AM