Seagulls

Last year when I was in Florida, I noticed a large flock of birds heading towards me as I walked the back roads taking photographs. I watched the birds with interest and when they got right above me they began to fly in a circlular formation. They seemed to go higher and higher with each rotation.

The two photos this morning show a couple of views of them circling directly overhead. They were really high (the photos were taken on maximum zoom with my 70-300 mm zoom lens). They seemed to be feeding on something - I assummed it was probably some type of insects.

Every year in Holyrood, Newfoundland and Labrador, I see seagulls feeding on insects high above my home. I have seen them actually picking "something" out of the air. It always happens when "flying ants", which are future queens of Carpenter Ant colonies, are on the move.

I am not sure what the seagulls in today's photos were eating, but it was probably some type of insects.

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