Gull Chasing an Object, Island Beach State Park, NJ
by Stephen Russell Shilling
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Gull Chasing an Object, Island Beach State Park, NJ
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Stephen Russell Shilling
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Photograph - Photograph - Archival Pigment Print
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Two gulls land on a higher drift of sand. I spent about a half an hour watching these gulls. They seemed to be friends, if I can apply such a human word. They spent time together, they flew up and down the beach. Not knowing how to determine their sex, I can't say if they were a breeding pair or not. Still, they had character. Each was suspicious, but one more so than the other. The one closer to me found a small round object in the sand, like a marble. It would pick it up and drop it down the slope of the sand, chasing it. It was really nice just spending time watching a relationship take place between two animals so removed from me and my experiences, yet I felt I understood what existed between them, how they spent their days together.
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October 22nd, 2022
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