{"id":20930,"date":"2014-06-10T23:59:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T22:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=20930"},"modified":"2014-06-10T23:59:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T22:59:13","slug":"the-herring-gull-chicks-get-fed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/the-herring-gull-chicks-get-fed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Herring Gull Chicks Get Fed"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ll come on to the herring gulls in a moment, but I’ll start with just about the first thing I saw when I arrived at Falmer Pond this morning: a pair of herons jousting over a treetop perch. I was on the far side of the pond from where they were, and the sun (which was already getting set for a glorious day) was conveniently behind me.<\/p>\n

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I also can’t not show the Falmer Pond newcomers. Yes, there is another clutch of greylag goslings, and they look incredibly cute nestling in the long grass (what else would you expect?).<\/p>\n

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And then I headed off to work to check out how the young gulls were doing. We have nests on several buildings, but one in particular offers a great vantage point from a balcony to a nesting point on one of the green roof areas. When I got there, the young herring gulls were getting ready for breakfast (a regurgitated feast collected by the adult). Not pretty, but the chicks can’t wait!<\/p>\n

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Sated, the chicks then posed for a few photos.<\/p>\n

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Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 400mm f\/5.6L USM lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ll come on to the herring gulls in a moment, but I’ll start with just about the first thing I saw when I arrived at Falmer Pond this morning: a pair of herons jousting over a treetop perch. I was on the far side of the pond from where they were, and the sun (which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,989],"tags":[1177,732,1179,1158],"class_list":["post-20930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-behaviour","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-chick","tag-greylag-gosling","tag-heron","tag-herring-gull","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t