This seagull had plans for a copious dinner…
I wachted him try to eat a young goose which seemed way to big for him. He tried and tried to swallow it, but he just did not manage to get it all in.
In the meanwhile there were other birds wanting to pick it from him when he once again had let his pray fall out of his beak. And there was this handsome dark spectator, that looked as shocked I as I was, watching this creepy scene. The only reason I kept looking (and even took photo’s!) was because the gosling was already dead and I was too curious if the seagull would finally succeed. It did!
More creepy posts: see the Weekly Photo Challenge at The Daily Post.
PS With the lunch from yesterday and todays dinner, some of you may be slightly worried about the direction this blog is heading too…Don’t worry. My next post will definitely be something less creepy again…
Russels Lof 
Is it your dog? He is very calm, our dog loves to chase birds 😀
Are you joking with me or otherwise you need glasses (no offense) or maybe the photo is just rubbish.
The black dog is a Galloway cow 🙂
(My dog, calm as he normally is, would indeed also have chased the bird!)
Ups, i was using an iPhone and picture is very small
No worries. Luckily no glasses needed 😉
I had no idea they ate other little birds! A mix of eeewwww …. and fascination with the eclectic mix of characters in your photo!
I didn’t either Kat! Until I saw this happening in front of my nose, a couple of months ago…
And I relate completely to the eeeeewwww (and the rest). Thanks!
Noortje, first of all, congrats with your nr 42.000 hit, probably happened a minute ago !
Not so strange, because again you share with us such a great moment of how nature takes care.
I started to worry a bit about who was going to eat the gull….
Anyway, I will now finish desert… And a good glaasje of wine.
Cheers to Russelslof
Verdorie, heb ik dat toch helemaal gemist… ik had naast de computer moeten gaan zitten en de teller in de gaten houden!!
Maar alsnog proost van Russelslof!
Ouuu!! This was creepy.
Oh yes!
Poor gosling. But seagulls are scavengers, they’ll eat anything.
Indeed, and therefore we had a somewhat a-relaxed dinner, the other day in the restaurant at the beach… . There was this enormous seagull only a few meters away, intensely staring at our food. The waitress told us that the day before he, or one of his friends, had snatched a steak from one of the guests! My son ate his dinner twice as fast, that night…
Zucht, gelukkig, ik ben blij met je voetnoot want ik was bijna afgehaakt 😉
Ikzelf ook 😀
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Ik heb ook een bril extra nodig omdat ik de eerste keer dacht dat het een kikker was.
( Maar toen zag ik de foto alleen in het klein op jou camera ) het blijft enigszins luguber maar wel heel mooi.
Ach ja, klein gezien zou het ook best een kikkertje kunnen zijn, maar dat rund een hond vind ik toch wat lastiger voor te stellen!
Ja, vooral omdat jou hond op alle foto’s bruin is en zeker niet groot en zwart.
I, too, didn’t realize gulls would eat something like a gosling. Yuk! Love the cow.
janet
Yes, isn’t he mega cute 🙂
Slik… wat moet dat een raar gezicht geweest zijn! Enne…zoals altijd kijk ik naar je volgende blok uit!
O jee, ben ik een blok aan je been…? 😉
A penny for the thoughts of the cow… 🙂
Haha yes… probably something like: You must be kiddin’ Is that edible?
🙂
Zit hier ook met ongeloof naar de foto te kijken. Goed gevangen, en echt wel creepy. 😮
Very creepy indeed!! Ik wist ook niet wat ik zag!
Ew. That is rather creepy but I laughed at the expression of your cow looking on with minor interest. Good one, Noortje.
Well put: ‘the cow looking with minor interest’ haha, yes, he is as important in the image as the creepy one!
Thanks Jane!