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Puffin chase


Puffin chase
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Copyright: Dan Bachmann (danbachmann) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 74 W: 19 N: 151] (571)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2010-06-23
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L USM
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/1250 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2010-07-11 3:18
Viewed: 5514
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
While not a great shot technically, it is one that shows what a puffin must go through to bring his catch home (see my previous shot to see a closer view of a puffin with sand eels in flight).

Before making it home to an underground nest, he must pass through a gang of agressive gulls who come to steal his food. I'd often see the puffin reach his borrow entrance when a gull would grab him by the neck, pull him out and take all the fish.

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Animal Behaviouringridshaul 1 07-11 07:08
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Dear Dan,
An extraordinary action shot telling in great detail the story of the chased Puffin.

""Learning about nature through photography"" - the motto of TrekNature - is definitely met with this image.

Very interesting to watch the little puffin (with its funny face)against 5 big gulls with their beaks wide open and threatening body language, acting like vultures!!

Thanks for sharing
Greetings from South Africa
Ingrid

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