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Gull Bird

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Just a gull bird hanging out on a post. The classic red-billed gull or tarāpunga, (also known as silver gull, tarapunga, mackerel gull, Jackie (Chathams), akiaki, seagull, redbilled gull, red billed gull), are found in most coastal locations throughout New … Continue reading →

Day 8

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Day 8 - 08/01/17 - Starling

January 8th 2017 – Starling – Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus

I put some broken up pieces of bread out for the birds today (which isn’t really anything unusual for me, they’re so cute that I cannot resist feeding them) and I thought maybe if I am quiet enough this time I might be able to snap a nice picture. Not long after I put the bread out, the sparrows and starlings were munching away on the bread, seemingly happy. Until a big flock of seagulls (like 10 of them) came swooping in to steal the food! Don’t think I have ever had seagulls in my backyard in any other house I have lived in. Crazy! hehe!

Red-billed gull – Larus novaehollandiae Stephens
Red-billed gull – Larus novaehollandiae Stephens
Starling – Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus
Starling – Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus
House sparrow – Passer domesticus