Lagoon, part 2

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The lagoon, Onset Island, Massachusetts

See Lagoon, part 1.

Lagoon, part 1

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Sorry for disturbing you, hermit crab. See Lagoon, part 2.

Buffalo

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The Larids

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East End Beach, Portland, Maine

Mostly ring-billed gulls and common terns, with a cameo by the tap-dancing herring gull (see Happy Feet, below).

Happy feet

Before I started recording, the herring gull was actually getting a meal out of this little tap dancing routine. I was kind of far away, but every now and then I could see a silvery flash of something he grabbed out of the wet sand. Maybe performance anxiety doomed his success after that. My favorite part is 0:27 when the ring-billed gull on the left starts half-heartedly imitating him, and then they both look embarrassed.

Before I started recording, the herring gull was legitimately scaring up a meal via this little tap dancing routine (I was kind of far away, but I could see an occasional silvery flash of something he grabbed out of the wet sand). Maybe performance anxiety doomed his success after that.

My favorite part is 0:27 when the ring-billed gull on the left starts halfheartedly imitating him, and then they both look embarrassed.