{"id":4981,"date":"2012-05-12T03:55:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T09:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4981"},"modified":"2024-09-21T05:06:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T10:06:56","slug":"california-gull-with-nesting-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/05\/12\/california-gull-with-nesting-material\/","title":{"rendered":"California Gull With Nesting Material"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little over a week ago I was photographing a perched Loggerhead Shrike on Antelope Island<\/span><\/a> when I noticed a California Gull flying towards me with a bill full of something that didn’t look like food.<\/p>\n

\"CaliforniaCalifornia Gull with nesting material – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/4000, ISO 500, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

As the gull came closer to me I could see that it was some type of vegetation and I knew then it had a bill full of nesting material. California Gulls nest nearby on Egg Island and that is the direction that the gull was flying towards. It was the first time I have been able to photograph a California Gull with nesting material so I was quite pleased. though I wish I had backed up my zoom all the way, I might have been able to fit the whole bird in the frame.<\/p>\n

\"PerchedPerched California Gull – Nikon D200, f8, 1\/1250, ISO 400, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I photographed this California Gull along the causeway to the island last year, it looks like it is in the middle of a molt because some of the feather on the wing are a touch ragged.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my California Gull photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was the first time I have been able to photograph a California Gull with nesting material so I was quite pleased.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,27,520,26],"tags":[4004,4053,4073,4333,11978,12632,4005,3539,521,5993,4230,4182,4104,4921,165],"class_list":["post-4981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-california-gulls","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-breeding-season","tag-california-gull","tag-desert-island","tag-egg-island","tag-great-salt-lake","tag-gull","tag-gulls","tag-hypersaline-lake","tag-larus-californicus","tag-nesting-material","tag-perched","tag-rock","tag-spring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t