Ring-billed Gull/Jimmy Durante is Alive and Well

Posted by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Sat Nov 22, 2003 4:49 pm

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This is full frame as this guy landed right in front of me. He then flew straight up and dropped the mussel in order to break it open. I've heard of this behavior, but have never seen it before. I wonder if this behavior is inbred or learned by trial and error.
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by AlexC on Sat Nov 22, 2003 4:59 pm

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Killer funny shot, Don't know where the shell end and the beak begins!!!
Just wonderful!!! Congrats!!

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by Jim Urbach on Sat Nov 22, 2003 5:09 pm

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Richard,

Most amusing. He'd certainly give Jimmy D a run for the money.

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by Bill Whala on Sat Nov 22, 2003 5:13 pm

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Funny shot. A little late for Halloween though, isn't it?

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by BrianS on Sat Nov 22, 2003 5:47 pm

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Interesting Pose, sweet lighting and good reflexes catching the frame prior to guy's mussle breaking activities.

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by Safariguy on Sat Nov 22, 2003 6:16 pm

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Geez, had you not told us/me about the mussel I would have thought you found a gull channeling Durante....

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by Mike Wilson on Sat Nov 22, 2003 6:23 pm

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That's a funny looking bird for sure. Great catch.

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by ajhand on Sat Nov 22, 2003 7:47 pm

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What a riot! Looks like a "Boat Billed Gull", except that no such bird exists.
As for the shell-droppng habit, gulls out here do it all the time. Any pavement near a beach is generally littered with broken shells.

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by Cliff Beittel on Sat Nov 22, 2003 7:54 pm

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Great catch. I thought it was a digital-composite joke until I read your comments.

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by Alan Murphy on Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:11 pm