Saturday 16 January 2010

GUARDIAN OF THE ICE

Took a tour around Stithians Res again yesterday morning looking for Sawbills :ie Goosander, and although there were plenty of birds out on the water and one has been reported over the last few days I failed to locate it. The cutoffs were still frozen over, and the only bird seen from the main hide was this Gt Black Back Gull which seemed to be standing guard over the area.





GT BLACK BACK GULL

7 comments:

  1. That`s a very atmospheric shot. Great capture Monty.

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  2. Love the Title Monts,lovely shot.
    John.

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  3. As Dean said, a very atmospheric photo, the gull looks desolate somehow!

    I enjoyed the previous post too, Monty, particularly the cracking shot of the Woodpecker :)

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  4. Guardian of his domain, well until it thaws!
    Nice one Monty.

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  5. Beautiful bird. We had one in Idaho about a year ago and we traveled many miles to be able to see it.

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  6. I miss my seagull friends since I moved away from the ocean. This is a lovely picture.
    Sunny :)

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  7. Great title Monty. Good job their feet don't feel the cold eh!

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