Wait, let me guess! You are saying "He's back and he's talking about birds again? WTF!" I don't blame you but I did say that airplanes and birds were my favorite subject matter when it comes to my photography. And it turns out that the latest subject is rather photogenic if you ask me.
Now one thing I like to do with my blog post (as you have noticed) is to inform as well as report as I do not want to get stuck in a reporting mode when it comes to photography. I want all as visitors to be able to learn something when they/you read my posts; something that you might not have known beforehand.
One thing I notice (which is not uncommon at all) is that many just refer these birds as "seagulls." It is a very general and broad term of which I have no problem or will ever have a problem with (as I do call them "seagulls" in company). However, this specific type of "seagull" is called a Ring-billed Gull. If you take a close look, you can see that this bird's bill (beak) has what looks like a black ring around the tip, hence its name. I was very glad to be able to capture one of these as I do not see very many from my normal spotting areas. I did get very lucky today as I took a drive up to Salem, MA on the north shore which yeilded me some fantastic opportunities to get close up to these creatures. There are a couple more photos to come from this shoot. Please stay tuned, and please check out the new website http://www.maxmatteraphotography.com/.
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