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“Territorial Dance”
Description:
Seagulls compete for food along McPhillips Beach on the Oregon Coast, a shoreline known for its large populations of Western and Glaucous-winged Gulls. These coastal birds thrive in the region’s rich marine ecosystem, often gathering in large flocks near Cape Kiwanda’s sandy tidal flats.
Story:
Seagulls jockey for territory and food during the late afternoon along the Oregon Coast.
There were hundreds of them — maybe thousands.
I was walking the shoreline just north of Cape Kiwanda, searching for compositions, when I noticed the birds massed together in what looked like a large feeding event. They were so animated. Aggression was building, each gull laser-focused on the water, not on me.
That worked in my favor. I was able to move closer and observe their behavior without interrupting it.
As the frenzy gathered momentum, one particularly assertive gull drove another off with a sharp territorial display — a split-second moment of dominance in the chaos of the flock.
Photographed during the same afternoon as “Looking Glass”, and “Facing West”. These are the same pair of birds featured in “Mine!”.
-BAP
Location:
McPhillips Beach
Cape Kiwanda
Pacific City, Oregon
45° 13' 47.3'' N, 123° 58' 25'' W
Google Map Link
Time: 19:28 PDT
Date: July 29th, 2019
Camera & Settings:
Single shot
Nikon D800E, NIKKOR 70-200 mm f/4G
ISO 100, 200 mm, f/4, 1/800 sec
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“Territorial Dance”
Description:
Seagulls compete for food along McPhillips Beach on the Oregon Coast, a shoreline known for its large populations of Western and Glaucous-winged Gulls. These coastal birds thrive in the region’s rich marine ecosystem, often gathering in large flocks near Cape Kiwanda’s sandy tidal flats.
Story:
Seagulls jockey for territory and food during the late afternoon along the Oregon Coast.
There were hundreds of them — maybe thousands.
I was walking the shoreline just north of Cape Kiwanda, searching for compositions, when I noticed the birds massed together in what looked like a large feeding event. They were so animated. Aggression was building, each gull laser-focused on the water, not on me.
That worked in my favor. I was able to move closer and observe their behavior without interrupting it.
As the frenzy gathered momentum, one particularly assertive gull drove another off with a sharp territorial display — a split-second moment of dominance in the chaos of the flock.
Photographed during the same afternoon as “Looking Glass”, and “Facing West”. These are the same pair of birds featured in “Mine!”.
-BAP
Location:
McPhillips Beach
Cape Kiwanda
Pacific City, Oregon
45° 13' 47.3'' N, 123° 58' 25'' W
Google Map Link
Time: 19:28 PDT
Date: July 29th, 2019
Camera & Settings:
Single shot
Nikon D800E, NIKKOR 70-200 mm f/4G
ISO 100, 200 mm, f/4, 1/800 sec
