So I'm sitting on the beach...

And I hear alot of sqawking going on to the right of me.

This black bird (crow?) is yelling at all the white/grey ones (seagulls?)

Basically, it's telling all the other birds "Get back! It's mine!"

Anyone want to take a guess what this bird is claiming?

I see this a lot in Florida on the beaches there. Those birds are not afraid of humans. Some are quite gutsy around us humans too.

it's claiming whatever is in that bag. pretty brazen

Probably food. Looks like a bag of chips maybe.

Sorry for the delay in response. (work and computer troubles)

Anyways, this crazy bird dives into the bag and decides it wants to make a call....

Heh Heh, was that your cell in there? Did he get away, great set, they sure are brave.

No, the phone belonged to a lady sitting next to us. I stopped shooting as soon as I realized what this bird was flying off with. It got the cellphone bag about 5 feet away from the bag before I ran to it, shooing it away and made him drop.

Let's just say when the lady returned from the water, I showed her the sequence of photos (there were more than posted) and she was shocked. Was a neat moment.

Next time a kid who is playing next to someone's stuff and says a bird stole whatever item, may want to think twice...