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Lame-Duck wrote in post #19296135
Great close-up shot, Chuck! Very nice sharpness and detail.

Thank you!

davholla wrote in post #19296152
Birds can survive with one leg. This was taken at the end of winter and it still looked like it was doing well

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/FnR7​gU EF7A2558seagull by davholla2002, on Flickr

Agree. I've seen many birds with one leg. Herons also seem to be prone to injuring their legs - I've seen many without the claws on their toes. Also small songbirds.

davholla wrote in post #19296152
Birds can survive with one leg. This was taken at the end of winter and it still looked like it was doing well

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/FnR7​gU EF7A2558seagull by davholla2002, on Flickr

Animals adapt for their handicaps.

davholla wrote in post #19296152
Birds can survive with one leg. This was taken at the end of winter and it still looked like it was doing well

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/FnR7​gU EF7A2558seagull by davholla2002, on Flickr

Very cool shot, davholla! That's a major handicap for birds that spend so much time getting their food from the water. I personally think this individual has an extra strong constitution.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19296500
Very cool shot, davholla! That's a major handicap for birds that spend so much time getting their food from the water. I personally think this individual has an extra strong constitution.

Thank you.
You would think it would be handicap - it was in a park with lots of food - although also lots of competition. It looked healthy.
Black headed gulls wintering in the UK migrate in the summer sometimes to Eastern Europe - sometimes just a few miles (migrating a few miles seems a bit of a waste). They are often very faithful to the their wintering grounds

This was in its wintering ground I didn't see it the next year but of course death could have been caused by something else like a Peregrine or Skua. Also maybe they don't always come back. Also I didn't spend that much time there so I could have missed it among the hundreds of gulls.

Apparently there was at that time another one legged black headed gull in the park but I didn't see it.

Great Blue Heron over Memorial Pond Walpole the other evening.

davholla wrote in post #19296533
Thank you.
You would think it would be handicap - it was in a park with lots of food - although also lots of competition. It looked healthy.
Black headed gulls wintering in the UK migrate in the summer sometimes to Eastern Europe - sometimes just a few miles (migrating a few miles seems a bit of a waste). They are often very faithful to the their wintering grounds

This was in its wintering ground I didn't see it the next year but of course death could have been caused by something else like a Peregrine or Skua. Also maybe they don't always come back. Also I didn't spend that much time there so I could have missed it among the hundreds of gulls.

Apparently there was at that time another one legged black headed gull in the park but I didn't see it.

Thank you for your informative reply, davholla.

Immature little blue heron

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Green Heron