Grey heron bullied by Black-headed gull

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Grey heron bullied by Black-headed gull

© NF Photo 170602

Those gulls are really nasty sometimes. They are bullying every bird that comes close to the nests even if it is birds that never bother them. They do the same thing to cranes. And coots. But Coots are understandable, They do eat the eggs. 

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Bird life at Östra Vingåker

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© NF Photo 160720

The Grey heron was repeatedly attacked by a Black-headed Gull. Not sure why as I could not see a reason. There was also another heron that was not attacked. Finally this one had enough and flew up to the top of a tree. Last image is another Grey heron. 
The geese are graylag geese already comming together to prepare migration back south. 

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Eurasian Coot vs Black-headed Gull

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 Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus/ Larus ridibundus - skrattmås

A Coot in the gulls nest
 © NF Photo 141514 ÖV

 

Eurasian Coot - Fulica atra - sothöna,

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This was not fun to watch. The Coot raided the nest of the Gulls and it was not popular. The two species both has nests about 3m apart from one another. But this seems to show the Coot feasting on the Gulls eggs.  And the gulls can co nothing about it. In the third image you can see how the Coot seem to try to clean itself from remaining egg residues on it´s head.

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Taking flight - 2nd attempt

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Black-headed Gull taking off

 

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Skrattmås - Larus ridibubdus - Black-headed Gull

© NF Photo 140509 ÖV

Well, almost disappointed. Took me only two sessions to get the image I set out to get.  The Black -headed Gull takes off and has still two toes in the water. I thought it would take longer but I guess I have too much experience with this kind of stuff. So, what next??
Fist attempt HERE

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Taking flight

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Skrattmås - Larus ridibubdus - Black-headed Gull
Taking flight

© NF Photo 140504

 There are a lot of Black-headed Gulls in the little lake nowadays. Other birds in the lake are mallards, Horned Grebe and Eurasian Coots. I made a reflection on how the different species takes off from the water. The Coots and the Grebes runs on the water and seem to have a hard time getting up in the air. And you rarely see it as they seem to avoid flying. Mallards and other ducks has easier to get up in the air. But the Gulls, you almost don't even notice when they take off. They are just up in the air with seemingly no effort at all. I have often taken shots on birds landing on water but rarely when they take off. This is the first attempt to try to get an image at the very moment when they leave the water. Wish me luck! I´ll post when I get better ones then these.

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Skrattmås - Larus ridibubdus - Black-headed Gull

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Skrattmås - Larus ridibubdus - Black-headed Gull

NF Photo  130517 Djulö Kvarn, Katrineholm

A very common gull but this one was differently colored in the head. And it was alone!
I don´t know if it is a Leucistic or just not finished it´s plumage.

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Luftakrobatik - Arial acrobatics

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Tofsvipa - Vanellus vanellus - Northern Lapwing

Tofsvipa och skrattmås parflyger - Northern Lapwing and Black headed Gull

NF Photo 120524,  Lida Viltvatten, Flen

A bird I really enjoy watching is the Lapwing. This day there were a lot of action going on in the small wetland. And I had fun time catching them. :)

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Bird reflections

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Svarthakedopping - Podiceps auritus - Horned Grebe

Skrattmås - Black-headed Gull

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