For something a bit different, here's a silly little video of a silver gull hunting flies. The area had been hit by a storm recently which washed massive amounts of kelp and other sea weed onto the beach which in turn attracted enormous numbers of flies.
Now that my entire Carolina Parakeet series has been shared, I can finally do a post with ALL of them! So, here is my intended exhibition display layout for the series (I intend for them to be hung 'salon style', in stacked tiers). The title of the full series is Parakeet Lost.
From top left (click the title for more information):
The Etymology of Loss
Memory Knot
Indivisible
The Colonizers
American Tannenbaum
The Warmth of a Living Breath
The Poison of the Cocklebur
We Trim Our Caps with Stolen Feathers
To Each According to His Appetite
All pieces are traditional gouache on paper, and 18x24 inches (with the exception of Memory Knot, which is 13x18").
Cape Barren Geese (Cereopsis novaehollandiae), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, order found in various spotty areas on the southern coast of mainland Australia and Tasmania
photographs by Russel Spence, Jeremy Edwards, Jarryd Guilfoyle, and Tracie Louise (BirdLife Australia)