Yes it has been described before and photographed. Philip —–Original Message—– Peter Pfeiffer Sent: Monday, 1 June 2015 4:03 PM Hi, I was down at the Goolwa Barrages last Saturday morning and observed Silver gulls hitching a ride on the back of Peilcans as they swam looking for fish. Has anyone else seen this behaviour? The Silver gull would ‘ride’ for about 5-10 seconds until the Pelican lunged it’s bill into the water. It would then dismount to the water to catch any fish that may have been startled by the Pelican. I saw two Silver gulls do this. Yeeha! Peter. [cid:image001.jpg@01CC1F94.9CC94A00] Peter Pfeiffer Technical Officer School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Bedford Park SA 5042 Tel: (+61 8) 8201 2604 Fax: (+61 8) 8201 2905 Email: peter.pfeiffer@flinders.edu.aupeter.pfeiffer@flinders.edu.au> Web: http://www.flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/caps/home.cfm Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Yes it has been described before and photographed. Philip —–Original Message—– Peter Pfeiffer Sent: Monday, 1 June 2015 4:03 PM Hi, I was down at the Goolwa Barrages last Saturday morning and observed Silver gulls hitching a ride on the back of Peilcans as they swam looking for fish. Has anyone else seen this behaviour? The Silver gull would ‘ride’ for about 5-10 seconds until the Pelican lunged it’s bill into the water. It would then dismount to the water to catch any fish that may have been startled by the Pelican. I saw two Silver gulls do this. Yeeha! Peter. [cid:image001.jpg@01CC1F94.9CC94A00] Peter Pfeiffer Technical Officer School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Bedford Park SA 5042 Tel: (+61 8) 8201 2604 Fax: (+61 8) 8201 2905 Email: peter.pfeiffer@flinders.edu.aupeter.pfeiffer@flinders.edu.au> Web: http://www.flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/caps/home.cfm
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