There is not much contrast in these images of a pair of Bonaparte’s Gulls feeding in the ocean surf. The day was dull and the birds coloration mostly matches the water, with only their black wing-tips and orange feet standing out.

However, they were fun to watch and gulls are great practice for in-flight bird photography due to their relatively slow speed and predictability.

It was also windy and this pair was expending a tremendous amount of energy for what was small food. Whatever they were catching they quickly swallowed without me seeing it.

They dropped in and lifted out of the water with ease and flew in tandem as they moved up the beach.

Myrtle Beach State Park, SC,  3/17/2019