Going In

This hooded seagull was not fishing but diving for seaweed. Or maybe it mistook the string of greenery it came up with for a fish.

Kestrel vs. Seagull

The surprise I mentioned yesterday was this sight; the kestrel being chased by an angry hooded seagull. Wisely the smaller kestrel chose the withdraw at high speed. Later it was the rooks that didn't like the predator's company, but that I didn't get any decent pics of.

Simplicity

The winter weather cries out for experiments with b/w and simple photos. This one of seven hooded gulls sitting on the ice on the moat circling the citadel, is a case of that. I've cropped it a bit, converted it to b/w, overexposed it and increased the contrast. The result is a very simple photo of the birds where only the dark parts are showing and rest is left to the imagination.

A row of birds

Another of the birds that has really taken to the city is the seagull. Competing with the pigeons for our garbage, and often winning, this bird of the sea seems to like life on terra firma very much.

Birds in flight

To get those elusive photos of birds in flight you just have to be standing next to someone with a giving heart and a bakery worth of bread to give. When the birds flock your biggest problem is actually to follow the same bird without getting other birds in the frame.

Chaos

When people feed the birds at the ponds in the parks of Copenhagen word tend to get around pretty quickly. The resulting chaos of ducks, gulls, pigeons and other birds can be rather fun to photograph.

Fighting for food

When visiting the parks of Copenhagen you'll actually notice how much wildlife that has adapted to city life. Especially the birds enjoy the availably food. From time to time they have to fight for it though like this duck that tries to escape an attack from a couple of sea gulls. It did get away with its bread ... this time.