The Goodbye Gull
by Gaby Ethington
Title
The Goodbye Gull
Artist
Gaby Ethington
Medium
Digital Art - Photograph
Description
I joined a 5-day challenge starting February 17, 2023 and the theme for this challenge was “It’s A Bird”. Here is my Day 3. I am searching my archives for one bird images to edit for this challenge. While I was in California last year, I had the opportunity to visit a few beaches. Today’s photograph was on a foggy day in Ventura. There were many gulls on the beach and this one decided it had enough of the crowd and took off into the sky, very close to me. I was happy to get this angle of flight. This is a first year Western Gull, which is why it is mostly brown in color. I edited the image with a watercolor painterly technique.
Western Gulls (Larus occidentalis) are common along the west coast of the United States. They like to nest on islands and on shore cliffs. They can capture their prey while swimming and even in flight. Besides fish, carrion and trash, they will also eat other birds and eggs. They are scavenger and are known to follow marine mammals and fishing boats around for scraps. Fun fact: They have been known to nest near sea lion colonies; Not So Fun Fact: they will forage on any dead baby sea lions.
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February 19th, 2023
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