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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A New Jersey Herring Gull with a small Oyster Toadfish (Opsanus tau).
Toadfish can be carried quite high in the company of their Gull adversaries, but have been known to fly to heights even this Herring Gull could never dream of (e.g. such as the flight these guys took on the Space Shuttle). - Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, New Jersey

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A New Jersey Herring Gull with a small Oyster Toadfish (Opsanus tau) - Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, New Jersey

Toadfish can be carried quite high in the company of their Gull adversaries, but have been known to fly to heights even this Herring Gull could never dream of. Such as the flight these guys took on the Space Shuttle where NASA used them in an experiment to investigate the effects of microgravity on the development of otolithic (balance) organs.

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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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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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