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Dinner Pickup Some whitefish we put back into the lake after they have been caught in our gillnets are bloated and vary in size. A lot of the time we see seagulls trying to eat fish that are twice the size of their throats. It definitely makes for a fun betting game as to if the gull will swallow or not swallow a fish! Taken on Lake Pend Orielle. American Herring Gull,California gull,Larus californicus,Larus smithsonianus Click/tap to enlarge

Dinner Pickup

Some whitefish we put back into the lake after they have been caught in our gillnets are bloated and vary in size. A lot of the time we see seagulls trying to eat fish that are twice the size of their throats. It definitely makes for a fun betting game as to if the gull will swallow or not swallow a fish! Taken on Lake Pend Orielle.

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    morpheme
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    They can be rather amusing. Out here on the sound here they try desperately to swallow whole flatfish - probably sole or sandab. It's obviously never going to happen but they try and try. They just can't figure out why it is that if the head/tail fits in, that the rest of the fish won't go down. Posted 9 years ago
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      SaraBethWilliamson
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      Some of the fish they do manage to swallow makes me wonder how they'll digest it!! Posted 9 years ago

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The American Herring Gull

The American Herring Gull or Smithsonian Gull or is a large gull which breeds in North America. It is often treated as a subspecies of the European Herring Gull but is now regarded as a separate species by some authorities.

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Uploaded Apr 25, 2016. Captured Apr 1, 2016 10:54.
  • Canon EOS REBEL T5
  • f/8.0
  • 1/1024s
  • ISO100
  • 210mm