Black-headed gull and bread

[nanila]

Someone chucked a load of bread into the canal near the pub, and the black-headed gulls got wind of it. They're a lot less noisy and aggressive than herring gulls, so we enjoyed watching them dipping and diving for choice morsels.

Comments

[caulkhead]

That's a lovely photo! I like black headed gulls. They're still noisy and greedy, but somehow a little bit prim despite that. And nowhere near as terrifying as herring gulls!

[pbristow]

That black-headed gull is an imposter! Most of its head is *white*! =8oO

[pbristow]

On a tangentially related note: Do you get to do much creative image-making (such as in your icon) these days, as opposed to snapping the perfect visual moment (as above)?

Follow-up question: And what does "iconoclasm by belasco" mean, anyway...? =:oo

(Speculation: "iconoclasm" means "smashing the icons". So does it just mean "belasco made me this *smashing* icon!"? =:o} )

[shirebound]

Thank you for sharing this. What a fun thing to witness.

[st_aurafina]

What a gorgeous action shot, with the lovely wings out like that.

[kotturinn]

Another stunning photo!

Gull Talk...

[hairyears]

The stories ewt tells of the seagull menace in Aberdeen are terrifying: I am never going there without a cricket bat.

[cmcmck]

I wish people wouldn't feed bread to birds- it pollutes the water and is bad for the birds.

Great shot though!