Tony Pratt

Archive for the ‘gulls’ Category

Aug
2

Fishing Gull

Filed Under Summer 2010, gulls

This gull was picking up morsels in between waves.

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Jul
19

Sgt. (S)Laughter

Filed Under Summer 2010, gulls

This Lauging Gull seems to be the large and in-charge leader on the beach.

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Jun
29

Hangin’ with L Gull

Filed Under Summer 2010, gulls

Getting up close and personal with a Laughing Gull.

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Jun
23

Bird’s Eye View

Filed Under Summer 2010, gulls

Getting down to the level of Laughing Gulls feeding on Horseshoe Crab eggs gives you the feel of being just one of the gulls.

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Jun
21

Herring Gull Chick

Filed Under Summer 2010, gulls

Satisfying the cuteness quota for the day.

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Jun
20

Serious Laughing

Filed Under Spring 2010, gulls

It was no laughing matter this morning as Laughing Gulls squared off over Horseshoe Crab eggs.

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Dec
5

Taking Flight

Filed Under Fall 2009, gulls

A nice two photograph sequence of an immature Herring Gull removing itself from a piling in the late afternoon sun.

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Jul
7

Laughing Gull Nesting Colony

Filed Under Summer 2009, gulls

I kayaked out to a Laughing Gull nesting colony last evening in Rehoboth Bay, Delaware. It was a great night and I have several photographs to post over the next few days. This sequence, from top to bottom shows an adult Laughing Gull on a nest, two eggs in a nest, a just-born baby still with the egg tooth on the tip of its bill, and the last two show three recently born chicks with one practicing its calling.

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Jan
9

Gulls at the Bar

Filed Under Scenics, Winter 2009, gulls

Early this morning I was out on the cold beach and watched these gulls hanging around the sand bar.   

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