Photographed at Salthouse in Norfolk, my limited birding experience always leads me into thinking I have found a Ring-billed Gull but, on further inspection they always turn out to be Common.
The combination of tiny bill, rounded head and large eye impart a gentle dove-like appearance in all plumages. This species is a common winter visitor to the Pacific Coast from breeding grounds in Alaska and northwestern Canada. They are unusual for a gull in that they nest in trees. Note the...
Had him all set up, nicely framed... but just as I clicked up he went!!!
I've gone back to some earlier folders for my Saturday Fun entry, I rushed through them to try and get up to date with my images.
The is the first time I've photographed a perched Common Gull since starting DSLR photography (I might have taken pics of them back in the days of SLR, can't remember).
It's another long distance shot from my open widow, on a misty day: the bird was 115 yards (105 metres) away. It was with two...
The Common Gulls at Hunstanton were well practiced on feasting on mussel, find one on the beds, take it to altitude and drop, repeat until it cracks open and feed
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