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Begging Gull

Begging Gull

This fully grown adult seagull is pretending to be a hungry baby gull, in hopes of being fed by diners at a restaurant in Pismo Beach, California....
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This fully grown adult seagull is pretending to be a hungry baby gull, in hopes of being fed by diners at a restaurant in Pismo Beach, California.
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Canon EOS 40D

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 320 Shutter 1/200

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Jan, 2015

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324

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Glad you like it! The funny thing is that I saw the gull land, then walk toward the diners just as an adult gull would. As soon as he saw that there was food available, he went into this "helpless, hungry baby" routine. It was hilarious!

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