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The crab is (Blepharipoda occidentalis) aka Mole Crab. It's another menu item in the incredibly varied gull diet.





1 Carrying







2 Arranging







3 Converting to bite size pieces




Aug 12, 2012 at 01:54 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab


A nice and sharp set Gordon ~ Ron


Aug 12, 2012 at 02:37 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab


Very well documented with spot on techs. An excellent set

Tim



Aug 12, 2012 at 02:44 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab


Great stuff Gordon and fun documentary too

Tom



Aug 12, 2012 at 04:06 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab


Very nice set.

Rob



Aug 12, 2012 at 05:50 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab


Great work!

Morris



Aug 12, 2012 at 06:03 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab


Gotta love the neutral grays and excellent whites on these and the refreshing blues of the water. Great shot of the shoreline life of a gull and the demise of a crabby mole Sharp and accurate!

Karl



Aug 12, 2012 at 06:16 PM
Oldraven
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab


Thanks to all for the comments...always much appreciated.

Karl, I'm impressed with your eye for the technicals. Gotta give an assist here to a new NEC display; it's making exposure & color decisions a lot easier for me.



Aug 12, 2012 at 06:28 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab


i like them all Gordon


Aug 12, 2012 at 06:43 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab


Wonderful set Gordon !

Birdie



Aug 12, 2012 at 07:51 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab


Looks like that gull has experience in mole crab dissection. Nice set Gordon.


Aug 13, 2012 at 09:16 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab


Gordon---

Not only am I impressed by your images, but I am also impressed that you give the genus and species of a relatively rare sand crab that 99.99% of the people here have never seen or heard of.

Thanks very much for sharing these.

---John



Aug 13, 2012 at 11:28 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab




Paul.



Aug 14, 2012 at 01:37 PM
Oldraven
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab


John--

Natural history is my passion...I’ve spent a lifetime studying it. It’s one thing I can bring to the table here at FM, so it’s good to know that there are others who enjoy a little information with their photography. The feedback is very much appreciated.

--gordon



Aug 14, 2012 at 03:46 PM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab


Great job, #2 for me


Aug 14, 2012 at 04:44 PM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab


john

nice work, and you kept the whites nicely intact! i saw a herring gull doing the same thing at plum island mass last week.

cheers

dorian



Aug 14, 2012 at 05:25 PM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Western Gull & Spiny Sand Crab


Dorian--

Same behavior no doubt, but with a different species of crab (or yours was waaay out range).

--gordon



Aug 14, 2012 at 05:45 PM





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