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26-FEB-2007 Lloyd Spitalnik

Ivory Gull

Piermont, Rockland Co, NY

Ivory Gulls are symbols of the high arctic and rarely seen in the US. They are scavengers whose lives are associated with drifting pack ice. This bird fed on the remains of a Ruddy Duck that had been killed by a Snowy Owl earlier in the morning.

Pagophila eburnea

Canon EOS 1D Mark II ,Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM ,Canon 2X TC
1/1250s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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