Lunch
by Nick Boren
Title
Lunch
Artist
Nick Boren
Medium
Photograph - Nikon Digital Image
Description
From Wikipedia:
Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns (family Sternidae) and only distantly related to auks, skimmers and even more distantly to waders. Until the 21st century, most gulls were placed in the genus Larus, but that arrangement is now considered polyphyletic, leading to the resurrection of several genera.[1] An older name for gulls is mews, which is cognate with German Möwe, Danish måge, Swedish mås, Dutch meeuw, Norwegian måke/måse and French mouette, and can still be found in certain regional dialects.[2][3][4]
Gulls are typically medium to large birds, usually grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They typically have harsh wailing or squawking calls; stout, longish bills; and webbed feet. Most gulls are ground-nesting carnivores which take live food or scavenge opportunistically, particularly the Larus species. Live food often includes crustaceans, molluscs, fish and small birds. Gulls have unhinging jaws which allow them to consume large prey. Gulls are typically coastal or inland species, rarely venturing far out to sea, except for the kittiwakes.[5] The large species take up to four years to attain full adult plumage, but two years is typical for small gulls. Large white-headed gulls are typically long-lived birds, with a maximum age of 49 years recorded for the herring gull.[6]
Gulls nest in large, densely packed, noisy colonies. They lay two or three speckled eggs in nests composed of vegetation. The young are precocial, born with dark mottled down and mobile upon hatching.[7] Gulls are resourceful, inquisitive, and intelligent, the larger species in particular,[8] demonstrating complex methods of communication and a highly developed social structure. For example, many gull colonies display mobbing behavior, attacking and harassing predators and other intruders.[9] Certain species have exhibited tool-use behavior, such as the herring gull, using pieces of bread as bait with which to catch goldfish, for example.[10] Many species of gulls have learned to coexist successfully with humans and have thrived in human habitats.[11] Others rely on kleptoparasitism to get their food. Gulls have been observed preying on live whales, landing on the whale as it surfaces to peck out pieces of flesh.[12]
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April 30th, 2022
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Comments (12)
Jeff Burgess
Thank you for your wonderful submission to the Pacific Northwest Artists (PNA) group. Your artistic creation has been featured on the home page. This art represents the best of us so a well-deserved “congratulations”. For permanence and additional exposure, please place your art piece in the “Discussion” section titled: featured in 2022.
Nick Boren replied:
Thank you for featuring my image in your Pacific Northwest Artist group Jeff. I appreciate it very much!
Nick Boren
Thank you Sharon for featuring my gull image in your Birds Of The World group. I really appreciate it! :-)
Nick Boren
Thank you Mariola for featuring my gull image in your Wildlife One A Day group. I really appreciate it! :-)
Nick Boren
Thank you Judy for featuring my gull image in your USA Photographers Only group. I sure do appreciate it. :-)
Nick Boren
Thank you Debra for featuring my seagull image in your Intent Of The Artist group. I really appreciate it! :-)
Dr Debra Stewart's Gallery
Congratulations, your amazing image has been featured in the Intent of the Artist group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the 2021- 22 Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page)