I was in Italy recently having a 'normal' holiday... binocular-free. Of course I added Italian Sparrow to my life list and enjoyed seeing Blue Rock Thrush on Rome's Colosseum. In Venice, we came across a small square where a fish market stall was being set up with the catch being gutted and cleaned over a street drain. This was attracting Yellow-legged Gulls. While Lisa wrote her postcards, I took a few photographs and made some sound-recordings (no microphone with me) using the built-in mics on my small handheld device. Life in the square was noisy with locals, tourists and gulls!
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Adult Yellow-legged Gull, Venice, Italy, 28/09/13 |
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Ad Yellow-legged Gull, Venice, Italy, 28/09/13 |
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Ad Yellow-legged Gull, Venice, Italy, 28/09/13 |
Long call from an adult at a small fish market stall.
Mewing calls from birds scavenging around a small fish market stall.
Calls from squabbling birds scavenging around a small fish market stall.
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Waiting for scraps of fish being gutted at the market stall |
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Juvenile/1st-autumn Yellow-legged Gull, Venice, Italy, 28/09/13 |
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4th-autumn Yellow-legged Gull, Venice, Italy, 28/09/13 |
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2nd-autumn Yellow-legged Gull, Venice, Italy, 28/09/13 |
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Adult Yellow-legged Gull, Venice, Italy, 28/09/13 |
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3rd-autumn Yellow-legged Gull, Venice, Italy, 28/09/13 |