A week later

 

Ring-billed gull

 

Ring-billed gull

 

This gull must be a relative of Jonathan Livingston.

 

Juvenile

It is such a privilege to watch their fantastic flying skills.

Western Gull

 

 Shark for breakfast at the Martinez shoreline.

Thoughtful Ring-billed gull

Ring-billed Gull

 

On board a ship wreck

Western Gull, juvenile

 They fly 1-2 feet straight up in the air and then plunge down in the water head first. Works well.

 

Heermann's Gull, breeding

 

Heermann's, nonbreeding

 

Bonaparte's gull at Zmudowski

 

State Beach Park

 

Looking for prey

 

Western Gull at Zmudowsky

  

StateBeach

 

hunting crabs

 

brought in by the waves

A lucky gull for now

 

until a juvenile claims the crab

 

Another lucky gull finding a starfish

 

Alas, it's too big a mouthful for a gull

Caspian Tern

 

  Caspian Tern

Elegant Terns

Elegant Tern

 after a dive

  Two of the young ones

 

They  can fly, but not yet  hunt for   fish