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Cancer productus (red rock crab), Larus glaucescens (glaucous-winged gull)

The gull dispatched the crab pretty promptly. He flipped the crab onto it's back and then ripped off the legs. One he had leg holes, he ripped open the shell and ate the body of the crab.


Altitude: 3m (9 feet)
Camera: Nikon D800
Date: Saturday, April 4th, 2015 at 10:41 AM
Exposure: 1/800 sec at f4.5
Exposure Compensation: 851 ev
ISO: 100 asa
Lens: 80-200mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S Zoom-Nikkor
With cropping (you see 49% of the image as shot), this lens is effectively a 284mm lens on a 35mm camera
Location:
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And Helen With Lit Trees Backlit Cattails Standing In The Ocean Walking In The Large Field Castle With Irises Mount Doug Cedar Stump Blue Flowers Surfers At Jordan River Basket Of Peppers Japanese Maple Selling Pendants The Chapel Filling John And Helen With Lit Trees Castle With Irises Mount Doug Cedar Stump Blue Flowers Surfers At Jordan River Basket Of Peppers John And Helen With Lit Trees Standing In The Ocean Nara And Claira On The Bridge Arcing Train In Garry Oak Meadow Dunlin Reflected With Fall Colours New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR On Approach To Mudge Big Windows Left Side of Cove Panoramic Reflecting Pond Retreat Island Sunset Four Otters Sea Lions on the Rocks New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants On Approach To Mudge Reflecting Pond Four Otters Sandheads Lighthouse Ferry Terminal Dive Site Right Castle With Irises Mud Flats at Sunset Waiting For Lifts To Open New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With 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Sunset Big Windows View From Mount Norman Left Side of Cove Panoramic Reflecting Pond Retreat Island Sunset New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR On Approach To Mudge Big Windows Left Side of Cove Panoramic Reflecting Pond Retreat Island Sunset Four Otters Sea Lions on the Rocks New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants On Approach To Mudge Reflecting Pond Four Otters Sandheads Lighthouse Ferry Terminal Dive Site Right Castle With Irises Mud Flats at Sunset Waiting For Lifts To Open New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants On Approach To Mudge View From Second Chief Mud Flats at Sunset Waiting For Lifts To Open View From Lunch Tarn In Front Of Anniversary Glacier Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Boardwalk In Meadow New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Waiting For Lifts To Open Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Boardwalk In Meadow Rock Margin Front of Condo Fence at Rathtrevor Wharf in Namu Diagonal Falls New National Park Sign Waiting For Lifts To Open Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Front of Condo Wharf in Namu Immature Bog Cranberry Numa Falls (Veiled) Athabasca Falls Closer Bromley Rock Mount Robson In Fog
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Region: North America, Canada, British Columbia, Capital RD, Saanich
Scientific Name: species related to Cancer productus (red rock crab)
species related to Larus glaucescens (glaucous-winged gull)
Tag: beach, bird, BC fauna, Cordova Bay, crab
Larger image: 2000 x 1333
Raw image: 5180 x 3453

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