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Common Eider with Dungeness Crab Being Harrassed by Gull
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 1st year male in winter plumage, far outside its normal range, with a Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister, formerly Cancer magister) in its bill, being watched by a gull (Larus sp.) that will soon dive and steal the crab, in the marina at Westport, a town located on a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and Grays Harbor, Washington State, USA
Author: Lee Rentz
© 2012 Lee Rentz
Photo size: 0.4 Mpixels (1.07 MB uncompressed) - 500x750 pixels (1.7x2.5 in / 4.2x6.4 cm at 300 ppi)