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Image: American Herring Gull RWD2

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Description: American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) on McGee Island in Maine. The concentric circles of waves were caused by the gull rapidly stomping its feet to help find prey. As it stomped its feet it also slowly rotated in a circle.
Title: American Herring Gull RWD2
Credit: Own work
Author: DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org)
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
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