How To Eat A Blue Crab - Great Black Backed Gull In Training
by Carol Senske
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How To Eat A Blue Crab - Great Black Backed Gull In Training
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Carol Senske
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Photograph - Photograph
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Parenting is tough! This young Great Black Backed Gull is trying to learn how to eat a crab. I watched as the parent brought the live crab to it, shook the crab to stun it (I'm guessing because it was still alive), and fed a leg to the youngster. The baby kept examining the crab, picked it up, dropped it, and looked questioningly at it's Mom. The Mom repeated the shaking and feeding, but the baby begged for her to feed him. She patiently repeated the process while he looked on. I never did see him eat by himself! * KIDS!*
The pink tinge to the legs makes me say they are Great Black-backed Gulls. the Lesser Black-backed gulls have yellow legs. More info here:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/great_black-backed_gull/id
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July 26th, 2013
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Comments (9)
Bob Orsillo
LOL This is so cool, I can hear the seagull conversation now :) VF
Carol Senske replied:
Any parent has to know what this Mom is thinking - "Kids today! When I was young . . ." Glad you got a chuckle, Bob:>)
Steve Harrington
A fascinating and fun sequence! :) vf
Carol Senske replied:
Thank you, Steve - I'm glad it happened when I was watching:>) Thanks, too, for the V/F!
Anand Swaroop Manchiraju
Splendid shot. Great composition and beautiful action captured.V/F
Carol Senske replied:
You're so nice to leave this lovely comment, Anand, and I appreciate the V/F very much!
Sharon Burger
or how not to get eaten by a crab...let mom do the hard part.. so adorable, how lucky you were to catch such a scene.. v/f
Carol Senske replied:
LOL - you may be right on with that thought! The winds were probably around 25 MPH, the sand was stinging, the water was fierce and wild yet Mom found this crab, alive, for her baby. Amazing! And then to see the interaction between them -p it was touching and comical at the same time:>)