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Location

Lambert's Bay, Western Cape
South Africa

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 640 mm
Exposure 1/6400 s, f/5.6, ISO 400 
Image size 800 x 534 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Dominikanermöwe Dutch  Kelpmeeuw
Italian  Gabbiano del kelp Spanish  Gaviota Cocinera

Comments

At rocky sites along the southern African coast, Kelp Gulls can be seen picking upshellfish and repeatedly flying up several meters and dropping them onto the rocks below in order to break them open.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelp_Gull



 

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    09/08/2011

Kelp Gull
Larus dominicanus
Goéland dominicain

Micheline JACQUEMIN