Those of you who have been reading this blog for longer than three or four years know well my penchant for photographing gulls. I could never get enough of them, so when I got a chance on the quick trip to Connecticut I spent an evening with Beverly & John on Eastern Point Beach and took pictures to my heart’s content. This is where Tim & I used to spend our summer evenings, watching the sea birds and the boat traffic.
They were all very cooperative about posing for me, even for close-ups. Another gallery to follow…
Aww, the herring gull has a sense of humor about it. And, my empathy for the ringbilled gull with broken wing – one wonders how that happened 😢
You might find the story of my gull friend, The Captain, interesting. He had a badly mangled leg and visited me for 10 years on this beach. He taught me so much about life.
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I wonder how that gull could fly with a broken wing? Amazing resilience!
I’m wondering this myself. Perhaps he walked away somewhere before he reappeared. I never saw him fly, though it did seem like he must have.
What a great collection of gulls you got on that visit Barbara! They are beautiful birds, so expressive with their eyes. And the adults and juveniles look so different. I do like the photo you captioned “interesting pose” … I’ve never seen a gull do the splits before. 🙂 The schooner was a nice shot as well. That poor gull – how in the world did it go airborne? I hate seeing birds with broken wings. The two Canada Geese I saw on Sunday with angelwing made me sad and I felt for them.
I love their eyes. They seem to like looking at the camera, too, but maybe it’s because they’re curious about it – they don’t see one that often. I must be an odd attraction to them. 🙂 That split was quite something, and he stayed in that position for a minute or two. I found the patches on the sails of that schooner fascinating. I wonder how often they get ripped and in need of repair. I never saw that gull fly but I don’t see how he could have disappeared and returned without flying, unless he walks very fast… I hope he’ll be okay and I hope your Canada Goose will be okay, too.
I always liked that about gulls – their eyes are laser focused on you and they’ll allow you to get closer until you’ve basically encroached into their personal space, then off they go. I have not seen gulls like in the past at the shoreline venues and truly wonder why? I wonder if a schooner would take an extra set of sails along, but I’m sure the weight of toting them along might be a poor choice as they’re too heavy. Hopefully, the gull steered clear of land predators with its broken wing and was able to navigate better than we’d think it could. I felt badly for the goose – it seemed to be hindering its balance.