Protection for a fee: Band-tailed Gulls and Red-legged Cormorants
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2014
The following photo sequence depicts a territorial Band-tailed Gull “collecting its protection service fee” from a Red-legged Cormorant nesting within the territory the gull protects on the Palomino Islands in front of Lima-Peru. The Gull lands and assesses the situation waiting for the right time. then jumps into action.
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