One might think that, with a title like this, I would include a picture of a gull—I don’t. Yet the gull is part of the story.
An adult (probably female) osprey packing a rather large fish stopped at a piling to feast. In mid–September, ospreys leave for Central and South America and the date was September 15th, so this may be the last osprey I see this year. Alas, it was not at the piling for long, certainly not long enough for it to enjoy its fish, a Largescale Sucker. It was soon harassed and driven off by (of all things) a Ring-billed Gull. I managed no pictures of the interaction, but the second picture shows the osprey retreating with its fish.
A short time later, a Belted Kingfisher flew by, so a picture of it is included.
