Herring Gull in winter plumage - Barnegat Inlet Jetty, Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, New Jersey
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Not sure why, but I'm seeing a lot of Herring Gulls with Starfish.
I guess there must be an abundance of Starfish this year.
I also see a lot of Star Fruit in the store these days,
but that doesn't mean I'm gonna eat it!
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These Lesser Scaup know how to find herring, and when they dive the herring often fly out of the water to avoid them. These American Coot (Fulica americana) and the Ring-bill Gull will be ready when that happens. - Round Valley Reservoir, Lebanon, NJ
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First year Double Crested Cormorants (Nannopterum auritum). What amazes me about this image is how small they look next to, what appears to be, a second year Herring Gull - Brigantine Salt Marsh, Oceanville, NJ
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Herring Gull - Crookhaven Harbor, County Cork, Ireland
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Shot from the dock outside O'Sullivan's Bar.
These guys will eat the chips from O'Sulivan's, but they like the fish even better!
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Herring Gull - Crookhaven Harbor, County Cork, Ireland
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Ira was feeding this guy outside of Sullivan's Bar, so I took the oppertunity to make a few inflight captures. Other than the fact that these guys feet look just a little pinker (diet ?), to my eye these guys look exactly the same as the Herring Gulls I see on the Jersey shore in the states.
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