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Uploaded: 02/04/19 11:36 AM GMT
Angry Bird
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For Manic Monday. He may not look very manic but he was - he did his best to prevent me from resting my camera on 'his' wall to get a snap of the paraglider flying over Lake Wakatipu(which you may just see in the centre of the shot- a tiny yellow blob atop a mounain).

He can be forgiven though, because he is a Black Billed Gull (Tarapuka), sadly the most threatened gull species in the world. If you want to see one you will need to come to New Zealand as they only live here.

"It is never too late to go quietly to our lakes, rivers, oceans, even our small streams, and say to the sea gulls, the great blue herons, the bald eagles, the salmon, that we are sorry." ~ Brenda Peterson, Singing to the Sound: Visions of Nature, Animals, and Spirit

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::tigger3
02/04/19 1:23 PM GMT
He does look upset with you! Lol! I do see the tiny yellow spot. I like all of the different colors in this one, and that sky is terrific.
How cool too that you managed a shot a endangered bird. tigs=^..^=
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::0930_23
02/04/19 3:48 PM GMT
A gull with an attitude! Who woulda thunk it.
Great shot and I didn't realize they were endangered.
Fitting quote to go with this colorful photo.

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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
::corngrowth
02/05/19 10:09 AM GMT
Think that the gull never had expected that it would give depth to a fabulous scene, Lyn!
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::Vickid
02/05/19 6:50 PM GMT
Fantastic scope and scene you have captured, the colors and composition are so impressive. Maybe you should use something like this for the Movie thingy... The Birds .. by Hitchcock?
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.GomekFlorida
02/06/19 5:18 PM GMT
I'm not a big fan of gull's but will make and exception for this guy. The water looks inviting but quite cold!
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.koca
02/09/19 8:46 AM GMT
One of my favorite birds. Beautiful.
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