Herring Gull T-Shirts

We often see herring gulls as individual opportunistic scavengers, but in some instances avian interactions do occur between different species and some of the waders in particular the big waders, such as this grey heron here... do give way to a more symbiotic approach to fishing. I have spent hours just watching and observing these interactions in my local area and along the foryd and come to the conclusion that there is some element of altruism at play here... In some instances, what the gull scares into the shadows, the heron picks up on and vica versa... and so it can often be seen that they fish together... This kind of mutual co-operation can be often seen within the animal kingdom... If only humans started to work from t...

The original artwork was painted in acrylics onto canvas :)

Juvenile Seagull In Flight ©Debra Martz When visiting the Great Plains State Park in Oklahoma, I always make a stop at the spillway as there will normally be seagulls there at the very least. This young Herring Gull came flying by shortly after I made it to the 2nd tier. It is a migratory gull that I see in both Fall and Spring migration. This was a rather early Spring arrival in January or maybe it just stayed after arrival last fall. ©Debra Martz, All Rights Reserved In My Gallery/Collection: "Feathered Friends" 2024/20220113-DSC_0322.NEF

Seagull flying low above the waves.