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High Country Sea Gulls I found these at Lake Heron and the elevation is over 7,000 ft. Every time I see them I wonder why are they at a lake this high and where do they go when the lake freezes over in the winter ???

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That's pretty wild.

Roger,
What camera & Lens do you use to take these pics?
Great shots.
Is there a little photoshopping going on as well?

Allan

Jason Rose wrote:That's pretty wild.

Every time I see them I wonder about why they are up here.

Allan Kirkpatrick wrote:Roger,
What camera & Lens do you use to take these pics?
Great shots.
Is there a little photoshopping going on as well?

Allan

Hi Allan, I only take raw photos so yes they all visit photo shop.
Canon 1DX
Canon Mark 3
Canon 5D Mark 2

Canon 500 Lens
Canon 16-35 Lens
Canon 70-200 Lens

Once again fantastic shots. I'm used to seeing gulls constantly, as I'm about 10 miles or so straight line from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, but I'm always amazed these birds make it to States you wouldn't think they'd be in. The third shot down is a ring billed gull, could be just migrating through - though seems a bit late for that. The others look to me like California gulls, according to my birding book they can be year round in that part of the country.

Thanks again for sharing Roger!

Thanks Roger,
Always nice to see what someone else is using.
A friend has the 5Dmark2 and really likes it.
Allan

Larry Sullivan wrote:Once again fantastic shots. I'm used to seeing gulls constantly, as I'm about 10 miles or so straight line from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, but I'm always amazed these birds make it to States you wouldn't think they'd be in. The third shot down is a ring billed gull, could be just migrating through - though seems a bit late for that. The others look to me like California gulls, according to my birding book they can be year round in that part of the country.

Thanks again for sharing Roger!

Thanks for the information.

Allan Kirkpatrick wrote:Thanks Roger,
Always nice to see what someone else is using.
A friend has the 5Dmark2 and really likes it.
Allan

I also like my 5D.