Is this some sort of metaphor?
Whatever it is, it’s quite a photo:
I know it’s not a bald eagle, but close enough. And that’s a gull attacking it, or piggybacking on its head.
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Whatever it is, it’s quite a photo:
I know it’s not a bald eagle, but close enough. And that’s a gull attacking it, or piggybacking on its head.
John, you living seagull
upon the winds you ride
never meaning to fulfill
just attempting to survive
Why in all thy allegory
you have been given best
and still the main story
is your only a pest.
It’s #occupywallstreet personified.
Gull better not let go.
Shoulda been an albatross. With a multi-colored “O” tattooed on it.
Photoshop of the day.
I was going to say that I am always suspicious of photos like this, Photoshop is ubiquitous these days. But Bob already said it!
I don’t know if this picture is real or not, but gulls will attack predators that come to close to a nesting site. Many different birds engage in this kind of behavior. Where I live now I can see hawks flying over the marsh for half a mile or more. When they do this in nesting season every hundred yards or so a Redwing Backbird will fly up and dive at them.
Just a little o/t. Here’s a link for Australia and a Sea Eagle nest with a couple of young Sea Eagles in it. Interesting to watch Mom feed them.
http://www.ustream.tv/seaeagles
Once I was attacked by a crow. It dived on my neck from behind and blowed me really hard by its chest. When I looked behind I spotted a nest on a branch of a tree. I just was coming by the tree, doing nothing threatening. But this was enough to trigger an attack. Of course, appearance of a real predator near a nest should provoke an immediate attack.
I’ve watched groups of small birds attacking bald eagles (successfully) while living in Alaska, so I don’t doubt the behavior. I do doubt the photo, though. It’s just too good.
If you follow the link Neo provided you will be taken the a small bit of the wonderful photos by Markos Varesvuo. He is a master.
The eagle is a White Tailed Sea Eagle.
Small birds attacking larger birds is a very common behavior. I observe it nearly every day without even trying.
does the eagle have glaucoma?
Glaucoma? Cataracts? OK, must be a seaing eye seagull. “Where do you want to go for lunch? I know of a nice salmon run.”