Denmark
Larus fuscus
(L 19-22" WS 46-53" )
Randers
12Jun2006
May be seen on Pacific coast but
otherwise rare in No. America.
otherwise rare in No. America.
Lesser Black-backed Gull
If you lie down in a village square
hoping to capture a sea gull, you
could stay there your whole life
without succeeding. But a hundred
miles from shore it’s different. Sea
gulls have a highly developed instinct
for self-preservation on land but at
sea they’re very cocky. (Gabriel
Garcia Marques as quoted by Bill Adler Jr,
“The Quotable Birder, The Lyons Press,
2001)
hoping to capture a sea gull, you
could stay there your whole life
without succeeding. But a hundred
miles from shore it’s different. Sea
gulls have a highly developed instinct
for self-preservation on land but at
sea they’re very cocky. (Gabriel
Garcia Marques as quoted by Bill Adler Jr,
“The Quotable Birder, The Lyons Press,
2001)
Larus in Latin means rapacious
seabird; fuscus in Latin means
dark, dusky, brown, black.
seabird; fuscus in Latin means
dark, dusky, brown, black.
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