Lunchtime with the gulls

Most busy parents face this dilemma… what to feed hungry mouths. Here's how the gulls manage…

First you open wide and let the kids see what's on the menu.

Then heave your guts up!

Share a little

Run away with something for later 😉

With the chick in hot pursuit!

And then after the meal… it's time for the young one to stretch out.

There are more recent shots in the Herring Gull Chicks album (end of page 2, beginning of page 3).

The other chick is fine too, but still stranded on the lower deck. It seems happy enough but is harder to photograph. Here's one from today.

Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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This Post Has 17 Comments

  1. zetorres

    26 Jun 2008

    :up: nice, they are already ready to fly!

  2. Vulpes vulpes

    26 Jun 2008

    Sigh, the chores of parenting…! 😉

  3. Cynthia23

    26 Jun 2008

    Oh! Yuk! I love it! Great series of pictures. It is so cool the way they are growing up and we get to experience it through your pictures. :up: Words!

  4. ellinidata

    26 Jun 2008

    Nature,
    beautiful even in a :yikes: situation ! :yes:

  5. Ukwildlife

    26 Jun 2008

    wow there growing fast. Some noce behavioural shots too 🙂

  6. SittingFox

    26 Jun 2008

    It really is amazing how quickly they are growing. The parents must be working hard but I'm sure they're not neglecting their own appetites 😉

  7. Words

    26 Jun 2008

    Vulpes, yep, it's a tough life for them for sure.

  8. Words

    26 Jun 2008

    ZT, I imagine they'll be flying soon! 😀

  9. Words

    26 Jun 2008

    Angeliki, it's at moments like that I'm glad of the zoom :yuck:

  10. Words

    26 Jun 2008

    Cynthia, thanks. Not always pretty to watch, but I find them fascinating anyway.

  11. Words

    26 Jun 2008

    Neil, it's been a really interesting sequence to get, and a good discipline of more or less the same time daily, and always from the same position.

  12. Words

    26 Jun 2008

    Adele, quite right about the adults looking after themselves. Greedy as gannets. 🙂

  13. FrogBoots

    27 Jun 2008

    Another super gull series! :up: Thanks for giving us this window on their world. 🙂

  14. Words

    27 Jun 2008

    FB, it's a pleasure 🙂

  15. cakkleberrylane

    27 Jun 2008

    We're ALL going to miss those little guys when they fly away!!

  16. Words

    29 Jun 2008

    Lois, I know 🙁

  17. zetorres

    30 Jun 2008

    Indeed Lois! 🙁

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