Gaggle of Birds by jgpittenger

Gaggle of Birds

There is quite a story here...I've always loved pelican and I was happily shooting pelicans until we noticed that seagulls kept zooming down and killing the murre babies whose parents were nowhere near them. Hard to watch. But then we found a story about how theCalifornia pelicans had been swooping down and scaring the murre parents away from their babies and then the pelicans would shake the baies to get the fish out of them and the seagulls would eat the babies. Yikes! A bit too real for me. it was getting pretty dark and far away so the focus isn't the best
Oh my! That is quite the story! The cycle of life for all these birds. Who knew? I like the tones used for this photo.
August 18th, 2012  
Nature can be rather brutal at times... Like your composition and tones in this photo!
August 18th, 2012  
Beautiful! Great composition
August 18th, 2012  
Wow - that's quite some story! Maybe I shouldn't have read it at bedtime!
August 18th, 2012  
A harsh reality for sure. Great shot tho, I love it in b&w.
August 18th, 2012  
Combat photography. If a flock of crows is called a "murder", maybe a flock of these guys would be a "massacre."

Loved where you caught the birds in flight. That's the drama of the shot for me.
August 18th, 2012  
They do say thay nature is cruel! Super capture!
August 18th, 2012  
Oh my! What a story. The shot is good
August 18th, 2012  
Fantastic story! Fantastic shot!!!
August 18th, 2012  
What a slice of bird life. Really interesting if sad. Well captured, the birds flying are great.
August 18th, 2012  
Perfectly in focus, even the flying ones. Really interesting to look at!
August 19th, 2012  
great shot and edit - can feel the movement and dynamic in this
August 22nd, 2012  
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