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🦉 The black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
- Chroicocephalus Greek: khroizō to paint, kephalē head
- ridibundus lat .: ridēre laugh, ridibundus laughing
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In my city, these birds are not often found; in small quantities they can be found on the river that flows along the city.
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The neighboring steppe region is another matter. There, these birds fly over flooded meadows, where they successfully fish. there are a lot of them.
And also these birds feel good right in the city next to the meadows and steppes.
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They just fly around the city, visit garbage cans, sit on the roofs of houses. This always surprises me.
I took this photo above on my phone when I saw how this seagull robbed a pigeon and took a piece of cookie from it.
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Camera | Lens |
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Nikon D5200 | Tamron SP AF 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD |