北極鷗與海鳩幼鳥 Glaucous Gulls with prey
當我們到達Alkejellet這個由玄武岩組成的峭壁，超過6萬隻海鳩迎接我們，雀聲此起彼落，好不壯觀！北極鷗就在崖底旁守候，捕食落單的幼鳥。在北極，沒有像南方常見的猛禽，北極鷗就擔當著捕獵者的角色。細小但夏季數量繁盛的海鳥如三趾鷗、海鳩、小海雀就充當成被捕食者。
When we visited the basalt cliffs of Alkefjellet, we saw 60 thousand plus nesting Thick-billed Murres (Brunnich’s Guillemot). Glaucous gulls was nearby to make a meal of unattended chicks. In arctic, there is no real raptor but the Glaucous gulls pretend as a predator and little sea birds such as Kittiwakes, Guillemot and Little Auk acts as a prey during the prosperous Arctic summer.
Canon 5DIII, EF400/5.6, ISO320, F5.6, 1/1600, 0EV
by Daniel CK Chan
9 August 2014
at Alkefjellet, Svalbard
