That early frosty morning I was lucky enough to photograph two Ring-billed Gulls fighting for fish. Their fight started when one of gulls caught a fish (it's on the right). Fishing in winter especially hard because the rivers, lakes and ponds are mostly frozen.
The Ring-billed gull (on the left) was an obnoxious thief, it furiously rushed into fight hoping to steal a fish.
The thief-gull was successful and its aggressiveness ended in a catch.
It's not so easy to give up your hard-earned catch.
The fish is taken back but the chase continues by inertia.
It's unlikely that the thief-gull will try to steal this catch again. It lost its fight but eventually it may succeed with another victim.
Life goes on.
predation, parasitism, survival.
ReplyDeleteFoto fantastiche!
ReplyDeletePreciosa secuencia de fotografías. Es la lucha diaria por la supervivencia. A algunos animales silvestres les resulta mas fácil robar una presa que salir a pescarla o cazarla. Pero a esta gaviota le salió el tiro por la culata, como decimos por aquí.
ReplyDeleteUn abrazo y cuídate.
Наглость чаек наблюдала не раз. Спасибо за историю и прекрасные снимки.
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