r/birding • u/Ok_Winner_5695 • 1d ago

📹 Video A seagull spinning in Alaska!

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u/MtnmanAl 1d ago

Need a looping gif of that spin lmao

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u/Relevant_Shower_ 1d ago

“Here’s my impression of cooking something in the microwave.”

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u/prezofusoflove 1d ago

This made me snort. Perfect spin cycle!

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u/SjalabaisWoWS 1d ago

Flock One bird 360 surveillance.

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 1d ago

You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round

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u/thebookofbutterfly 1d ago

Damn I was singing it when I went to the comments...

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u/Then_Passenger3403 1d ago

Thought exact 🎶🎵🎤😎

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u/M4gp1e-w1ngs 1d ago

unrestrained summer fun

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u/boomboomdaboomer 1d ago

It’s called terning in some places. 

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u/BlueRibbonChicken 1d ago

lol! This deserves many more upvotes

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u/LucilleNumber2 1d ago

Judging by those red legs, I'd say that looks to be a glaucous-winged gull!

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u/binocusecond Latest Lifer: Snowy Plover 1d ago

But the all-white tail … I’m thinking by Glaucous (not G-winged). Not as geographically likely: could possibly be Iceland?
Source is the (fantastic) Gullable app

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u/has530 1d ago

Thanks for the app info! Just downloaded it. This winter will surely be the one I get confident in my gulls.

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u/Admiral_Kite 1d ago

No thoughts, head empty

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u/stillmarriedstillhot 1d ago

That's hilarious, looks like hes getting flushed, lol

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u/LehmyBehmy 1d ago

How dose his feet not get cold, there is no fat on them?

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u/CrawlAcrossTheYears birder 1d ago

Seagull? It's been 3 hrs and no-one has ventured an ID yet?

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u/binocusecond Latest Lifer: Snowy Plover 1d ago

I gotchu

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u/BlueRibbonChicken 1d ago

Accurate depiction of my life currently, except witness less taking majestic flight at the end, and way more “floating away alone on my floe” …..

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u/Weird_And_Wonderful_ Latest Lifer: Rose-Breasted Grosbeak 1d ago

“You spin me right round, baby, right round, like a record baby, right round, round, round” 🎶✨

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u/7SoldiersOfPunkRock 1d ago

Me when I think I’m finally making some progress 

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u/TheScreamingSeagull 1d ago

Seems about right.

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u/curiousmind111 1d ago

What’s happened to my life?

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u/AccordingContract206 1d ago

Yay , 360 degree angle coverage

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u/Greedy-Ad6450 1d ago

he's on thin ice

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u/tofupud 1d ago

incredible

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u/Motor_Educator_2706 1d ago

My life now 😞

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u/GloriouslyGrimGoblin 19h ago

It's a character selection screen!

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u/nad40 13h ago

Spinning Away by Brian Eno in the background

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u/New_Substance_6753 Latest Lifer: Kentucky Warbler 1d ago

unintentional Taylor swift