Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Kinsale part I, Scavengers

Ever have a batch of pictures so large that you put off the laborious job of going through them all and picking out the viable shots? Well...that’s why I am only now ready to show my pictures from a recent trip to Kinsale.  Kinsale is a small fishing town in west Cork complete with Oceanside scenery, marina, various piers and even a spar or two.  It also sports some of the most obese gulls I have ever seen. The bay (or inlet, whatever it is) was covered with the usual screaming crowds of black headed gulls but also had a couple of common gulls and a group of about twenty herring gulls. Only 2 of those where in full adult plumage but that didn’t matter as they where both perfectly willing to be fed. 


 
This one I call 'Alpha' since he was more then willing to push off his competitors. A giant herring gull with attitude it seems! Is it me or do these guys have far more confidence then their cousins the lesser black backs?
   
           
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One of the youngling herring gulls chancing his luck.   
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One of the thousand or so hovering black headed gulls eager for an easy meal. Hard to imagine that these guys are so hard to find in summer.
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A common gull
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Also spotted this unusually aproachable great black backed gull, truly a massive bird, specially compared to the pigeon sized black heads.
   
   

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A jackdaw and a rook or two joined the party too showing glimmers of colour in their plumage. Always nice to see!
   


5 comments:

  1. Hi Leon, good to see the blog again :)

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  2. Some great close detail in those head shots Leon - keep em coming!

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  3. shots 1-5 are amazing shots of the herring gull!! Great post Leon. Siobhan

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