While walking a local shoreline in the eastend of the city I encountered some Ring- billed Gulls feeding very actively for some freshwater mussels in the waters of the Ottawa River. This one particular individual kept diving repeatedly over and over again trying to get deeper to reach a mussel. It never got in the air more than 2-3 feet before the next dive (this explains the already present water ripples under the gull). I knew I could get some cool photographs so I got down low and snapped away. Always nice to get a very common species in a different way, and I think I succeeded here with what I think is a unique shot of this often overlooked species.:D
Canon Rebel XT + 100-400L @ 400mm, 1/2000s., f/8, ISO400, -0.3 EC, handheld
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