Silver Gulls

Silver Gull (with Pacific Black Ducks)

A few days ago my wife called me out into the garden. A flock of about 20 Silver Gulls was soaring and gliding on the breeze above our house and garden, and also parts of our five acre property here in Murray Bridge, South Australia.

This was an unusual sighting for our property. Every few months we do have a few Silver Gulls fly high over, but this flock's behaviour was different. They all stayed only 5 - 10 metres above the trees and shrubs. They did this circling around and around and rarely utterly their usual calls; just the odd contact call occasionally. I can only assume that they had found a patch of insects to feed on during this silent aerial display.

Curious.

You can see more photos and read more stories and encounters with Australian birds on my other site called Trevor's Birding here.

Silver Gulls at Sturt Reserve

The common gull here in Australia is the Silver Gull, shown in today's photos. These photos were taken at Sturt Reserve which is on the River Murray in my home town of Murray Bridge in South Australia.

When the birding is slow and there are a few Silver Gulls hanging around, I like to hone my photographic skills on them. They are such obliging subjects; besides, I like the look of them.

For more information about Australian birds go to my other site Trevor's Birding here.