Laughing Gull Juvenile

[Bill Dix]

There were hundreds upon hundreds of these guys in a feeding frenzy just offshore at Sandy Hook yesterday. They must be staging for their migration southward. (There were few if any adults to be seen. Does anyone know if the juvies migrate later -- I know this is true of some species?) The dorsal view of this one shows a bit of gray in the scapulars, morphing from juvenile to 1st winter plumage, according to Sibley's drawings.

D500, Sigma 150-600 @ 600mm, ISO 2000, 1/2500s @ f/7.1 manual, HH. This is the landscape view at about 80%. I thought he needed some flying room. But I couldn't decide if I liked this one better, or a vertical as shown on the next pane.

[Bill Dix]

Here's the portrait version. WDYT?

[John Mack]

Nice flight frame with a good pose. I prefer the horizontal over the vertical but both are nice.

[Juan Tolentino]

Nice flying pose Bill, I like the background also. Thank you for sharing.


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[Graham Wilkes]

Like both the crops, the perfectly angled pose showing the feather detail of these birds and great background.
Very well caught flight image.

Graham.

[Bill Dix]

Thank you John, Juan and Graham.