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Common Eider Chasing Gull that Pirated its Dungeness Crab Meal
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 1st year male in winter plumage, far outside its normal range, chasing a gull (Larus sp.) that had just stolen and eaten a Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister, formerly Cancer magister) that it had caught while diving, 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) - 749x500 pixels (2.5x1.7 in / 6.3x4.2 cm at 300 ppi)