I'll be happy to send you some Oregon rain! We don't really mind it, but with 70 to 100 inches per year, I think we can spare some - especially for those fires! I love the black gull. I began to notice how different some of our gulls are from others, and I'll be comparing them more in my pictures. We may have some version of the black one down the coast. I wonder how much they hybridize with other sea birds, if at all, or if they're all variations of seagull. I'd never thought much about it until this year. The small Natural History museum in Santa Barbara, CA, has a gull exhibit, but all I remember learning from it was that the juveniles are brown.
They like to pose for YOUR camera because you capture them with such dignity. Most people bring an attitude to their depiction of sea gulls that is somewhat dismissive. You allow them to be beautiful.
They look so different from the gulls we get around Astoria.
ReplyDeleteI'll be happy to send you some Oregon rain! We don't really mind it, but with 70 to 100 inches per year, I think we can spare some - especially for those fires! I love the black gull. I began to notice how different some of our gulls are from others, and I'll be comparing them more in my pictures. We may have some version of the black one down the coast. I wonder how much they hybridize with other sea birds, if at all, or if they're all variations of seagull. I'd never thought much about it until this year. The small Natural History museum in Santa Barbara, CA, has a gull exhibit, but all I remember learning from it was that the juveniles are brown.
ReplyDeleteThey like you!! ;-)
ReplyDeleteThey like to pose for YOUR camera because you capture them with such dignity. Most people bring an attitude to their depiction of sea gulls that is somewhat dismissive. You allow them to be beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAdorable pictures!
ReplyDeleteThey are really CUTEEEE !
Thanks for so wonderful post!
Léia
awesome shots!!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures, they are tack sharp.
ReplyDeleteI agree, these pictures are tack sharp! I wish I could take photos of birds like these. These are truly spectacular!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! I love seeing them so close!
ReplyDeletecool images! VERY NICE!
ReplyDeleteI love these gullls--so crisp!
ReplyDeleteYes, I think they are posing for you:) They are beautiful:)
ReplyDeleteThey are indeed very beautiful and you have captured that in each photograph, Jacob. I love the clarity and detail in the feet.
ReplyDeleteThey're real posers :-)
ReplyDeleteExcellent photo!
ReplyDeleteI too love to watch the seagulls
Christina