Last night - at our picnic and watching the Alaska Ferry depart from Bellingham, we spotted seagulls - and it was bath time - time for some great shots.
Get ready!
Get set!
Dunk! - you can see the water draining of his back.
They make a bit of a whirlpool in the water before they dive in.
Dive!
Flap and splash
Flap flap - get that water off!
Good-bye!
Shake and hop!
Going back
While flapping after dunking it appeared that they stand on the water
It was a lovely evening!!
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Down
Down
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And shake!
They actually flap and move backwards through the water
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17 comments:
wow... awesome photos.. pretty nice job...
JoAnn, these are such marvelous shots. They are really enjoying themselves i think, getting clean like that. :) Beautiful shots every one!
Oh, they look like they are having a pool party! I love these with the water droplets on their backs and the lovely open wings. Great shots! xo
Fabulous shots! It's fun watching birds taking baths.
These are great fun JoAnn. I've seen lots of gulls, but never have I seen any so obliging as to let me watch them bathe!
They are so pretty ....and amusing as well! :)
Those birds are enjoying their bath... Great reflections !
really cute. a very lively bunch! :)
Fun series!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
A great series of photos. Seagulls are fun to watch and often let you get so close!
Love this set of action shots!! You had to have had a lot of patience and steady hand to get such wonderful images.
CLEAN & FUN!
It must have been fun watching the gulls diving. Great series of photos. Have a happy day and week ahead.
Great series of photos.
Wonderful set of gull pictures. Many people dont look too hard at gulls and miss out!
Cheers and thanks for linking to WBW
Stewart M
This looks like it was as much fun for you as it was for the gulls!
Very nice series. Thank you for sharing.
Great shots! I've never seen a gull bathe! Just like a duck.
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