Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Yellow Legged Gulls



As we were departing a Greek port, my ship was surrounded by hundreds of gulls. They were trying to catch fish, which were pushed up by the ships wake. Most of the Gulls were these Yellow Legged Gulls (Larus michahellis) and found it a great opportunity to photograph these flying beauties.
Will feature 3 more photographs in the next post too.These birds were formerly considered a part of the Herring gull family and they do look similar to Herring Gulls. Adults have darker grey backs and wings than herring gulls and have more black in the wing tips than herring gulls.

3 comments:

  1. love seagulls...literature is so full of them...they are to the sea what crows are to land...loved the photos

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  2. first and third pics are beautiful captures...

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