Scrounging Seagull

Sehr gut erwischt, Peter. Gib auf Deine Augen acht!

Vielen Dank Lothar.

Ich war mehr besorgt um meine Torte und Pommes!
Zum Glück hat alles überlebt.

Schöne Grüße
Peter

Stimmt, Peter!

Ich habe es schon erlebt (das war in Ostende), daß mir eine Möwe die Fritten aus der Tüte geklaut hat. Ich saß auf einer Bank und unterhielt mich, meine Fritten hielt ich unachtsam in der Hand und im Sturzflug wurde ich beraubt... :-)) Ganz schön frech und gierig die Möwen.

Viele Grüße, Lothar

www.ipernity.com/doc/1033655/35454115/in/album/718779

Cake and fries? That's an interesting combination, Peter. Maybe the gull didn't fancy that! ;-)

Thank you Amelia..

It is very simple really.. A picnic with pies, chips, etc followed by cakes and fruit.. with lashings of ginger beer!!

I think the seagull fancied staying alive a little longer!!

Best Wishes
Peter

My dear Peter,

Maybe he was looking for some bread!!! (like in La Maison... )
Wonderful capture!!
YS!

Love Füsun
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My dear Füsun,

Thank you for reminding me of the hungry seagulls in Istanbul...
We were enjoying our breakfast overlooking the Bosphorus when he came... www.ipernity.com/doc/2247998/45610614

Although this one was not so greedy!!

Love Peter
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Wonderful bird image.

Hi Jaap,
Your visit is much appreciated. Thank you!
Glad you like it.
Best Wishes,
Peter

♡¸.•* Good work Peter, that's a stunning close up ;-)

Hi June,
Your visit is most welcome. Thank you.
I am so happy that you like the scene.
Best Wishes,
Peter

Hello Peter i thought this was a very close up of one of Liverpool's Liver birds after i posted one at distance ... www.ipernity.com/doc/2247844/48936908

but then saw this was a bird with a far bigger appitite :))

Best wishes ... Steve

Hi Steve ,
Thank you for visiting!
I'm happy that you had a good look!!
There are actually notices very clearly displayed saying "Don't feed the seagulls!", but either the seagulls can't read, or they have no respect for laws about stealing...


Best Wishes, and a Good Weekend,
Peter"

Terrific close in capture of this resourceful bandit of the seaside Peter.

All the best, Doug

Hi Doug ,
Thank you for visiting!
I'm happy that you had a good look!!
Best Wishes, and a Good Weekend,
Peter

Superbe !!

Hi neira-Dan,
Your visit is most welcome. Thank you.
I am pleased you found it interesting.
Best Wishes, and a Good Weekend,
Peter

Ha! Yes a perfect title Peter!! They're a greedy lot in Weymouth, but not as bad as they used to be. I think most people are heeding the warning not to feed them. I remember a time when people used to get them over to them with chips!

Hi Rosa,
Your visit is much appreciated. Thank you!
I'm pleased that you have enjoyed it!
Now you mention it, they did seem pretty well behaved (both people and birds!). I certainly remember the notices about not feeding them.
Best Wishes, and a Good Weekend,
Peter

You don't realize how big a wingspan gulls have untill you're up close! Excellent capture, Peter!

Hi Val,
Thank you so much for your very kind visit.
I'm happy that you had a good look!!
You are so right! Some years ago I saw one swallow a whole chicken leg, bones and all, without problem... I guess we don't get t see them up close that often..
Best Wishes, and a Good Weekend,
Peter

Superbe capture. Nicole.

Hi Nicole ,
Thank you for visiting!
I am pleased you found it interesting.
Best Wishes, and a Good Weekend,
Peter

Excellent capture of this Gull. They are now a serious menace in my town which is Howth Co Dublin. Also Dublin city is plagued by gull attacks.
Well done Peter Regards Tess. --- This text already seems to be in your language. According to DeepL ;-) ---

dublingazette.com/news/horror-howth-gull-attacks-sisters

Hi Tess ,
Thank you very much!
I'm pleased that you have enjoyed it!
I visited Howth a couple of years ago, and enjoyed it very much (including a nice restaurant overlooking the harbour). I remember the seagulls lining up on the roofs to raid the fish lorry!
I must dig out some of the pictures and post them!

Best Wishes, and a Good Weekend,
Peter

Ooh, he's a beauty! Hello, Jonathan! :))

Hi Karen ,
Your visit is most welcome. Thank you.

I'm happy that you had a good look, and thought of Jonathan!- Livingston!

Jonathan - he say..."For most gulls it was not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight."


Best Wishes, and a Good Weekend,
Peter