I have a couple of photos of a Silver Gull taken on The Strand in Townsville recently which has a protuberance from its lower mandible. Does anyone know what it could be? I was interested to note that, despite this malformity, this gull was the dominant bird in the flock. He stood next to my table most of the time it took me to eat my fish burger, and would chase away any other gulls that came too close. Here are the photos: 29289211@N05/22605369203/” >https://www.flickr.com/photos/29289211@N05/22605369203/ 29289211@N05/22604019094/” >https://www.flickr.com/photos/29289211@N05/22604019094/ Thanks in advance Tim Dickson
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Yes, John is correct with his identification of a soft plastic lure. It’s interesting that the gull was convinced by the lure. I suppose they do try to eat all sorts of inedible objects. Cheers David Sent from my iPhone
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Hi Tim , to me it looks very much like a soft plastic fishing lure with the hook embedded in the gulls throat/jaw . John.
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