Dozens of red-billed gulls and pied cormorants are nesting on a tiny islet a few meters from the shore at Sulphur Point in Rotorua.
The wind was offshore, bringing the hellish stench of Satan’s flatulence from the geothermal features to the South. There used to be mineral baths here, with a full-time attendant to pull people from the pools when they became unconscious from the fumes.
They though this was healthy and good for them.
Anyway. Birds.
Squawk!
Final Wingstroke on Landing
Symmetry
A Red-biiled gull chases a Black-backed gull. The Black-backed gull is about five times the weight of the red-bill.
Fight’s on!
This is a life-and death struggle. The larger bird can and will eat the eggs and chicks of the smaller gull. Birds suffer major injuries and die in these fights.
Announcing Short Final, Branch 20 Left.