Our neighbour to the left (when facing the lake) has a floating dock (in addition to their regular dock) and it was there that this gull caught my eye. It was not just resting there as gulls often do. It was busy working at its newly-caught dinner. It dropped and picked up this small catfish so many times. I figured it was trying to get the angle just right so that he could swallow it and turn his sights to the next catch.
Here's how that went.
Pick it up by the fin. Stand there like that for a few moments looking utterly perplexed.
Put it down and figure out your next move.
Pick it up, once more. This thing wriggles too much. Plus it's got googly eyes. What to do.. what to do?
Go on.. give it a good shake.
Yup, it's well and truly dead.
Now this you can work with. Open wide.
That's better. In you go.
Down the hatch. Now, where's dessert?
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And now, without further delay, here are the Posts of the Week. The icon below is yours for the taking if your blog post is named as a POTW.
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A GOOD READ
On Depression
by Linda
at The View From Squirrel Ridge
Blossoms
by Bossy Betty
at Bossy Betty
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FEELING NOSTALGIC?
by Joeh
at The Cranky Old Man
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PHINE PHOTOGRAPHY
An Update on Hawks
by Kate
at Chronicles of a Country Girl
Hungry?
by Scott
at Just Used Pixels
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JUST PLAIN ALL AROUND GOOD
The Power of a Rose
by CiCi
at Liquid Mind, Sanguine Soul
What's HE Doing?
by Ursula
at Friko's World
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YOU'LL LAUGH
Samantha's Day
by Betsy
at My Five Men
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READERS' CHOICE
Recommended by Tabor:
My Mother's Hats
by Kerry
at Ed and Reub
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Please drop by their blogs for a visit and leave a kind comment if you have the time. Also, please feel free to add your own choices (for any blog except this one) for a specific blog post in the comments section below, where others can see them.
Thank you
36 comments:
A fine catch with your camera, indeed! Congrats to the POTW!!
Another grand story in pictures.
That poor fish! Great shots of the gull and its lunch.
Beautiful photography...as always!
Oh I see some good bloggers there, and posts I've missed!
I love you Sisyphusian post, bird edition.
ALOHA from Honolulu
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Brilliant story of the Gull v the fish, photos are superb.
Nice series with the seagull!
I wonder if a catfish fins can be a problem with birds--and if the fin carries the same potency when the fish is dead? Nice photos and good BOTW posts.
Love this series! Dinner!! :)
I wonder how often they catch fish? I've never seen it, but I guess they do. Back in Sarnia, they lived on fries from the chip trucks by the river. :)
He looks like he caught something where his eyes were bigger than his stomach!
That was fun to watch the dinner finally going down. I know I'm living right when I've read almost all of your POTWs. :-)
I had the exact thought as Sage.
Great photo story. I thought a catfish hangs on the bottom how did a gull get one? I guess the babies stay in the shallows.
Thx for the honor!
We see these actions much better through a good camera lens. Thanks for sitting on the deck.
You have listed some interesting post of the week.
googly eyes. :) love the gulp!
Hilary,
Thanks for your recent e-mail. It's always great knowing someone is thinking about you. And I'll be sure to check out these great blogs. Take care.
Great shots...the food chain in action.
fun series of pix … and excellent POTWs
Delightful.
That was one huge Gull dinner.
Thanks for the step by step nosh and the dialogue to go with it.
Now on to the POTW.
What fun to watch the gull like that!
What a great series of images, Hilary!
hi hilary
such beautiful and peaceful photos of the seagull!
absolutely great pictures!
xo
That is amazing! admit, I've never seen this before. What a great photographer you are to have the sensibilities to capture this scene, Hilary!
Thanks for the mention. Several people followed the link and commented. It's wonderful to get support from people I've never met.
Thanks so much...I'll tell Samantha that she's now famous. haha. :)
Love your photo shoot of the gull and his wiggly dinner!
Gorgeous photos of a super model! Thanks for the POTW. I am honored!!!
loved the pics of the gull and his lunch. I was at the beach earlier this year and there must have been a school of small fish near the shore because the gulls and other sea birds were massing over the water taking dives now and then. saw more than one gull fly off with a catch.
Hilary, this is an amazing set!! Omg, to see this happen right before your eyes and having your trusty camera there to capture it all...awesome. What a gift you were given that day.
Congrats to the POTW folks..I hope to get over soon and read these! Love the pics, but I'm not a huge fish lover and watching that guy down that fish sort of made me gag..just a bit!
Cute! Love your captions!!! You certainly got in a lot of clear shots - I think your camera is a keeper and well trained - LOL. Seriously, you take awesome pics!!
I think I read that book, it's familiar somehow. Must look it up again in the library.
Will check out the POTW.
p.s. Do you think the catfish was tasty?
fun series and capture of life ~
sweet end of summer to you ~
This is hilarious! I love your sense of humour.
How'd you do with yesterday's storm?
Yo, Hilary, thanks for the POTW. Glad you enjoyed the post about the rose. I am still admiring your photos of the gull. It is still raining here, I think the farmers are getting jittery now.
I feel bad for the little fella but your shot is amazing.
That is a great series for a good story. :)
Fish for dinner! Cool series. Thanks to you and Tabor for the potw, which I discovered last night after being away from computers for a week. :-)
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