{"id":6797,"date":"2012-12-15T06:49:27","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T13:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6797"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T15:21:06","slug":"ring-billed-gull-in-a-dive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/15\/ring-billed-gull-in-a-dive\/","title":{"rendered":"Ring-billed Gull In A Dive"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ring-billedRing-billed Gull in a dive – Nikon D200, handheld, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 185mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Just a simple image today that I have always liked because of the action\u00a0even though I don’t have great eye contact with my subject, a Ring-billed Gull. The day I took this image there were huge schools of baitfish running just off the shore of Fort De Soto’s north beach<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It almost looked like the Gulf of Mexico’s waters were boiling and there were large flocks of gulls, terns, pelicans and skimmers all in feeding frenzies. I’ve posted about the Brown Pelicans that I photographed that day here<\/a><\/span>, the images are the 3rd through the 6th from the top.<\/p>\n

Schools of baitfish running just off the coast can be a great opportunity to photograph flocks of birds, great behavior and fantastic action.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Just a simple image today that I have always liked because of the action even though I don’t have great eye contact with my subject, a Ring-billed Gull.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151502,"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":[27,25,704,2000,410],"tags":[4004,4265,4478,4159,4052,37,4122,4077,3539,521,4264,4106,4468],"class_list":["post-6797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-pinellas-county-florida","category-ring-billed-gulls","tag-adult","tag-baitfish","tag-dive","tag-diving","tag-flight","tag-florida-2","tag-flying","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-gull","tag-gulls","tag-larus-delawarensis","tag-prey","tag-ring-billed-gull"],"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