Seagull and Chick. Near Pismo Beach, California. July 20, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
A seagull tends to her chick on offshore rocks near Pismo Beach, California.
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Two Gulls in a Row. Pacific Coast, California. March 1, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Two gulls follow one another along the edge of a bluff along the California Pacific coast, flying past my position at eye-level.
I made a series of photographs of birds from this spot – the images that have been appearing recently included. To get these I followed a strategy that can work well in some places along the California coast: spend a few minutes figuring out the “line” that the birds follow along the end of the coastal cliffs, apparently looking for updrafts. Then set up close to or under one of these invisible paths, sit quietly, and photograph like mad as the birds fly by.
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Gull in Flight. Pacific Coast, California. March 1, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
A lone gull in flight over the Pacific Ocean along the California coastline. This is another in the series I shot on March 1 from the top of the coastal cliff north of Santa Cruz. This bird flew past a bit lower than some of the others, so the background here is the ocean surface.
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Two Gulls in Formation, Blue Sky. Pacific Ocean Coastline, California. March 1, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Photographed along the California coast north of Santa Cruz on the first of March. I found a spot at the top of a coastal cliff where the birds flying along the coast came almost directly overhead.
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