http://www.flickr.com/photos/leerentz/ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:13:21 -0700 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:13:21 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://l.yimg.com/g/images/buddyicon04.png#22883988@N08 http://www.flickr.com/photos/leerentz/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/leerentz/8149579753/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/leerentz/">Lee Rentz</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/leerentz/8149579753/" title="Common Eider Chasing Gull that Pirated its Dungeness Crab Meal"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8468/8149579753_70eda084c0_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Common Eider Chasing Gull that Pirated its Dungeness Crab Meal" /></a></p> <p>Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 1st year male in winter plumage, far outside its normal range, chasing a gull (Larus sp.) that had just stolen and eaten a Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister, formerly Cancer magister) that it had caught while diving, in the marina at Westport, a town located on a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and Grays Harbor, Washington State, USA</p> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:13:21 -0700 2012-10-28T13:34:02-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Lee Rentz) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8149579753 46.910053 -124.10963 46.910053 -124.10963 2518258 Common Eider Chasing Gull that Pirated its Dungeness Crab Meal <p>Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 1st year male in winter plumage, far outside its normal range, chasing a gull (Larus sp.) that had just stolen and eaten a Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister, formerly Cancer magister) that it had caught while diving, in the marina at Westport, a town located on a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and Grays Harbor, Washington State, USA</p> Lee Rentz usa male bird nature birds animal america marina bay duck washington feeding eating wildlife gull crab diving pacificocean piracy northamerica diver stolen aggression immature westport waterfowl predator washingtonstate behavior theft juvenile range eider pacificcoast steal stealing pirated firstyear 1styear graysharbor dungenesscrab commoneider somateriamollissima cancermagister larussp westportmarina metacarcinusmagister