Young herring gull chick this morning… (alternative title: I love my new wings, but what are they meant to do?)
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
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sanshan
23 Jun 2011Disco Gull!
RobinL
23 Jun 2011Words, good stuff! In saw a Sandhill crane weeun doing virtually the same thing today!
anonymous
23 Jun 2011Anonymous writes:
So cute – this little fluffball trying out his wings! Awwww… 🙂
Marilyn
gdare
23 Jun 2011Just wait and see, little one 😀
Words
23 Jun 2011San, I should have put some music to it!
Words
23 Jun 2011Marilyn, thanks! We've got them on several roofs at work. Very easy watching 🙂
Words
23 Jun 2011Darko, oh yes, he'll learn soon enough!
Words
23 Jun 2011Robin, it must have been something to see a crane learning about wings (and wingspan!)
Words
23 Jun 2011Erwin, thanks!
SittingFox
26 Jun 2011Cute 😀 I wish I knew what they think when they finally take off!
Mickeyjoe-Irl
28 Jun 2011😆 The animation is priceless.
Words
28 Jun 2011Mick, thanks! It needed something like that and forced me to learn how to make them in Photoshop.
Words
28 Jun 2011Adele, great thought! That really would be interesting to know, but I guess it's a huge relief to them to find out they can when they're on the way down… fast.
Wulpen
19 Oct 2012Supper shots