The infamous brine flies are so thick on the shore of the Great Salt Lake that my lens sometimes had a difficult time to focus, especially on Franklin's Gulls who were running through clouds of flies with open mouths to catch as much flies as possible. This guy does exactly that.
There were many adult and young Ring-billed Gulls that morning. Adult Ring-billed Gull is silvery gray on the back and white on head. Young Gulls are molted brown.
I was surprised to see a Western Willet among Franklin's Gulls on Antelope Island. Apparently they also feed on brine flies.
There were hundreds of American Avocets. I was wondering recently why there aren't many of these birds at Bear River right now. Apparently, Avocets prefer to stay on Antelope Island this summer.
Running but not very fast through a cloud of brine flies.
Some Franklin's Gulls weren't running. Why bother? You can open mouth and catch brine flies right where you are.
Franklin's Gull and Western Willet are having their breakfast.
Running but not very fast through a cloud of brine flies.
Some Franklin's Gulls weren't running. Why bother? You can open mouth and catch brine flies right where you are.
Franklin's Gull and Western Willet are having their breakfast.
Mosquito assault. A dense cloud.
ReplyDeleteNo tienen escasez de alimentos esas aves. Se están dando un festín.
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I'm trying to use my speech recognition system here so I don't know how this is going to work for me. LOLL Whoever feeds on brine flies will certainly get enough to eat in photo #1. Love the photos, they're beautiful.
ReplyDeleteStay Safe, dear friend!
Protein for everyone !
ReplyDeletewow, the pics are great but do they buzz around your head - I wouldn't be able to stay out there . We have some tiny bugs in spring around the shoreline of the lake and I have to go up and walk around on the road to get away from them.
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