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Photographed in early morning sun in the shallows at Sandfly Bay.
Details: Canon 350d, EF 300mm f/4 IS + 1.4x TC, 1/2000, f/5.6, 100 ISO, hand held.
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This Black Backed Gull was photographed off the cliffs at the end of Tairoa Head, early on an overcast morning.
Details: Canon 350d, EF 300mm f/4 IS, 1/800, f/4, 100 ISO, hand held.
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This Black Backed Gull was photographed near the cliffs at the end of Tairoa Head. It was taken as part of a sequence early on a clear winter morning as it headed directly towards the sun.
Details: Canon 350d, EF 300mm f/4 IS + 1.4x TC, 1/3200, f/5.6, 400 ISO, hand held.
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This Black Backed Gull was photographed near the cliffs at the end of Tairoa Head. It was taken as part of a sequence early on a clear winter morning as it headed directly towards the sun.
Details: Canon 350d, EF 300mm f/4 IS + 1.4x TC, 1/3200, f/5.6, 400 ISO, hand held.
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This Black Backed Gull was photographed near the cliffs at the end of Tairoa Head. It was taken as part of a sequence early on a clear winter morning as it headed directly towards the sun.
Details: Canon 350d, EF 300mm f/4 IS + 1.4x TC, 1/3200, f/5.6, 400 ISO, hand held.
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This Black Backed Gull was flying over the mole at Aramoana photographed in the early morning.
Details: Canon 350d, EF 300mm f/4 IS + 1.4x TC, 1/1250, f/7.1, 200 ISO, hand held.
Black Backed Gull (larus dominicanus)
Karoro
Size: 60cm, 1050/850gm (male/female)
Discription: Adult head, neck, under parts rump and tail white, back and upper wings black with narrow white trailing edge. Bill is yellow with a red spot at tip of lower bill. Greenish yellow legs. Juvenile is mottled dull brown reaching adult appearance at approx. 4th year.
Habitat: Ranges widely, feeds on farmland, ploughed fields, beaches, harbours and rubbish tips, but seldom ventures far out to sea.
Status: Unprotected native - widespread and common.
Breeding: October - February. Breeds in large colonies on the coast, offshore islands and also far inland on river beds, near lakes and tarns.
Distinguishing Features: Largest gull in New Zealand.
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