Great Lakes region, USA. June 2026.
This little grebe had quite the haul until this gull swooped in.
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I saw a gull take the chicks out of a kestrel's nest on top of York Minster. The poor mother screamed for hours afterwards.
Iceland has a bird called the parasitic Jaeger who specializes in stealing from gulls. So karma sucks
From wiki
Feeding This bird will feed on rodents, insects, eggs, chicks and small birds in the breeding season, but the majority of its diet (especially in winter and on migration) is made up of food that it acquires by robbing other birds (primarily gulls) and terns of their catches in an act called kleptoparasitism
Not a great shot but they were really fast.
We got to see some jaegers in the Scottish Hebrides last year. They fly as nimble as a swallow but are larger than a gull. Very impressive. (they lived next to a gull breeding spot, no surprise 🤣)
Jaeger is apparently "hunter" in German
Can confirm