While wandering around Scituate Harbor this afternoon spying on gulls engaging in, um, motherhood-inducing sorts of activities, this gull landed on the railing a few feet down from us. He seemed quite comfortable with our proximity; it wasn’t until a couple walked right past that he took wing.
I believe that this is a juvenile lesser black backed gull – but if I’m wrong, please holler out the right identification and tell me how you know! A Flickr friend confirmed my identification – thanks, Lou!
Nice capture! With regard to the bird ID, I’m afraid I’d only help you get that wrong. 🙂 If you post it on one or two of the Flickr bird groups, someone will ID it in a heartbeat.
I’m starting to learn my birds – and lately, the photography gods have been throwing birds of every kind my way. This afternoon I got a great egret in flight, amazing!!
I hear that learning bird language might help with identification, too, not to mention effectively adding radar to your tool bag to capture unexpected photo opportunities.