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An offer he can refuse
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An offer he can refuse

The gull had a pretty blunt offer for the oyster-catcher at this point. "Give me your oyster and I won't beat the crap out of you". Our plucky little hero didn't much care for the offer and tried to hide inside of this placid group of Brant's geese instead.

However the geese saw the impending brouhaha coming and wanting no part, scattered in all directions like commuters on the subway when a fights about to break out.

NYCspringBrant's geeseoystercatchersWolfe's pondbirdsStaten Islandseagulls

  • An offer he can refuse
  • The gull temporarily out of sight while not at first running as fast as the oyster-catcher, soon changed that once they both got out of the water and far enough onto the sandy beach.
  • Now his only choice was to run as fast as he could and hope the gull would give up. But that was never gonna happen.
  • About to loose your lunch
  • Nowhere to hide
  • Rats!!
  • Now it's mine.
  • Get lost pip squeak
  • Reluctantly our plucky little fellow gave up and headed back to the waters edge before he got his head pecked in.
  • Back to the drawing board.
  • Found another
  • Good, no gulls this time.
  • And this time he got to eat this one in peace.
  • He could relax this time as he knew Brant's geese have no interest in his oyster. Good thing cause their even bigger than the seagulls.
  • A well earned snack.
  • DSC_6781 a well earned meal_DxO
  • Off to hunt for more oysters before the tide rolls back in.
  • DSC_6715 back to the drawing board_DxO
  • This guy turned his head and looked dead at me when I trained my zoom in on him as I followed him in the sky.
  • DSC_7147 swallow
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