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    Default Herring Gull and Spider Crab

    I know it's hardly the best background, but I like the dark Spider Crab against the pale Herring Gull.


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    Nikon D90, Nikkor 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 IF-ED
    ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/3200, 0EV, 220mm (330mm equivalent)

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    Forgot to put in the title that this was for December's "Predator & Prey" theme.

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    Sharp, and I like the way the eyes are peeking through the claws. The BKGR unfortunately speaks for itself.

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    Very nice capture, the eye, the bird and dinner. BKGR..:o. I never noticed Seabird Paulagics...very nice....

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    Notwithstanding its obvious limitations, this is a shot with a story to tell.

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    Thanks, all. I got another shot, but it had two people in the background plus the railing. I figured this was the lesser of two evil backgrounds.

    Artie, it was shot on the paved part of the jetty at Barnegat. The gulls were hammering the crabs that day. I must have seen a half dozen being taken or being eaten, and the remains of many a meal were laying around.

    An interesting note is that since I've been paying particular attention to birds' actions (I've found that a camera will do that to you), every prey item I've seen a Common Loon come up with at Barnegat has been a crab. The inlet and rocks must be full of them. The jetty seems to hold Spider Crabs, Green Crabs, and Rock Crabs (looks kind of like a tiny Dungeness Crab) and the sandy inlet holds what I've always called Calico Crabs. Note that the common names I know are fisherman's names. If anybody out there knows NJ's marine crustaceans, I'd love to have those names confirmed or corrected.

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    Thanks for the location Paul. I knew that I had seen those railings before...
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