Gulls Claim Their Stake

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November, December and well into February, gulls stand guard watching, flying, eating and chasing away intruders from their long sought after salmon meal. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gulls sit in  deeper rivers waters to find dead salmon.

 

 

 

 

At the boat launch ramp, a single gull returns each day to claim the rock at water’s edge as his stake.