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Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) juvenille, Shanklin Beach, Isle of White, England, August 2018 © Pete Hillman.
Coming In To Land
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Nice captures.
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Thank you, David 🙂
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These are terrific Pete. Wonderful detail, especially for a bird in motion
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Thank you, Tina 🙂
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Wonderful sequence, Pete, and a real treat to see the plumage in such detail.
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Thank you 🙂 The gulls seemed excited by the surf.
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Fast food delivery?!
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Awesome photos of a fascinating bird
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Thank you 🙂
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Very nice, especially the last
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Thank you, Ted 🙂 I always enjoy watching birds upon the air.
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Beautiful capture of the graceful landing!
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Thank you, Candice 🙂 They are indeed graceful.
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Super flight shots Pete, well caught.
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Thank you, Brian 🙂 It was great to watch this one and others land and take off, and land again in the surf.
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Wonderful! I could hear and smell the wave breaking in the second shot!
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Thank you 🙂 The sea was quite rough as the weather that day.
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Striking detail in black and white.
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Thank you, Belinda 🙂 Their feathers do have a beautiful pattern at this age.
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What a cool looking bird. In your first few shots, I thought it was a hawk or some other kind of raptor. Most of our gulls are a nondescript white in color and are much less interesting to photograph.
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Thank you, Mike 🙂 This is a young, juvenille gull and its colour will change as it grows into an adult.
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Wow! Extraordinarily beautiful. What a tail. Beautifully captured Pete.
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Thank you, Jude 🙂 It was one of those wet and windy days, but there was a short break between rains and I managed to get these along the seafront.
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Wonderful pictures – it is like watching it in person.
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Thank you, Anne 🙂 There were several of these young gulls flying near the seafront.
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Wow !!! Amazing images so perfectly well captured with your camera.
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Thank you very much Anita 🙂
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The pattern of the plumage is wonderful!
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Than you, Simone 🙂
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Awesome….awesome!!
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Thank you 🙂
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Trying to think of something fitting to say, but all that is coming out is WOW.
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Cheers, Jill! I was fortunate to be just above them on the esplanade as they were hovering above the sand and the surf.
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Lovely shots.
They remind me of our juvenile Pacific Gulls. I always find it surprising that the juveniles are so dark in comparison to the white/light coloured adults. One could almost think they were another bird species altogether.
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Cracking shots!
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Thank you, Ark 🙂
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Beautiful bird, Pete! At first it thought it was a falcon!
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Thank you, Dwight 🙂
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Wonderful shots! The captured flight of these common, but wonderous birds leaves me in awe.
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Thank you 🙂
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