PAW: "Never eat anything bigger than your head!"

Cartoonist Kliban once admonished, "Never eat anything bigger than your head!" Some birds consistently swallow whole things to which my mother would have said, "That's too big a bite!"
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Duck-like/DBD-AC0282-56.htm (40% crop)

When there aren't any exciting birds to photograph I find guys I can always watch. A pair of ring-billed gulls looked very chummy, and I was happy I wore a Leica with 90mm APO-Summicron when they walked close:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Gull-like/BG-RG0163-56.htm (30% crop, Fuji ISO 400 print film - don't buy the cheap stuff Wolf Camera sells!)

They walked away to alternately bob in the water and hang out:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Gull-like/DBG-RG0173.htm

I caught this guy crouching before takeoff:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Gull-like/DBG-RG0194-5.htm

Gulls dive into Shoreline Lake for small clams. Sometimes they wash the mud off before they eat:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Gull-like/DBG-RG0195-56.htm (slight crop)

Other times they simply fly off with another 'to go' order:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Gull-like/DBG-RG0196-57.htm (slight crop)

All comments welcome.

Mark Bohrer
www.mountain-and-desert.com
Adventure travel and wildlife photography 


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