#Silver Gull

[dovemoulins]

i know most australians find silver gulls annoying but i think they are quite charming when theyre not ransacking people for their food lol <:)

[vertigofy]

BIRD COLLECTING CARDS

Some of the birds from around where I live. Part of a uni project this semester. Wish I could've included magpies and ravens but the main focus ended up being on waterbirds and I ran out of time! Oh well

[artsydudejude]

short king mama ay

[katyunderthebed]

heres bird 70 i weaved it to practice weaving before doing my final tapestry project. Side note "weaved" is a much better word than "wove" and i will not be taking suggestions on the matter

[rattyexplores]

Juvenile Silver Gull. Looks so different, I thought it was a separate species. Will gain the iconic red-footed look in adulthood.

12/09/23 - Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

QLD:CQC - Woppa (Great Keppel Island)

[colubridyke]

Silver gull - i love these stupid fucks, birds who will straight up steal food out of your hands are awesome

[bergii]

Been trying to get out more. This weekends Bird Photos.

[rightbrainawake]

Second Reduction with all the learning

So, this was the first reduction lino that I started, but as it turned out it was the second to be finished; I will explain.

Like trees, I went with birds, but with copying subject I ensured I had a decent composition: the reflection of the bird on the shore in the water as it drained back to the ocean down the beach in the afternoon of long shadows.

My process was:

Make up ink

Prepare jig and press

Ink up the plate

Print simple cartridge paper proof

If ok proceed or revisit ink and reproof.

Soak a page for 10 mins in a water bath

Soak additional page in at 5 min mark to speed things up.

Ink reduction plate

Take out paper

Pad dry with towel

Address plate in registration jig

Place paper using dowel and hole punch holes.

Place sprawl sheets of newsprint

Place felt

Print away…….

Hurry back to start again

This was great and I could, while I built up a sweat, keep to the 5 mins between prints so I could maximise my time at the press.

The issue was the second print…..Did the paper have to soak again? What was the rule…..The paper had me questioning myself.

If I ran it through dry then the image was removed considerably. If I ran it through with only 5 mins of soaking then it wasn’t so badly misaligned, but still very noticeable.

( 5 mins soaking vs. 10 mins soaking i.e. the original socking time )

So, this meant that I needed to soak each paper for the exact same time as the original print.

Paper has memory!

This is why this print didn’t finish first (below are the cartridge paper proofs).

It turned out well, I just lost too many with my paper memory learning….. you will notice again that I didn’t follow the initial colour plan, seems I constantly adapt.

Insight from Andy, as I had to hand paint the orange (feet and beaks) and black (flight feathers and eyes). I now place a piece of acrylic between the newsprint and the felt to reduce the amount of movement between the press and the paper around the relief pieces of negative space I had carved away.

[mk-photographer]

silver gull family

Phillip Island, VIC 2023

[bestgullpoll]

Round 1, Side B: Match 14

[Image ID: Two pictures of gulls. The left is a silver gull standing on a rock. The right is a Bonaparte's gull standing on a rock. /End ID]

The silver gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) is the most common gull of Australia. They are also found in Aotearoa New Zealand and New Caledonia. They typically measure 40-45 cm (16-18 in) in length and 94 cm (37 in) in wingspan. They have white underparts and head, light grey upperparts and wings with black and white tips, and bright red legs and bill. They feed on worms, fish, insects, and crustaceans.

The Bonaparte's gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) breeds in northern North America and migrates to winter farther south. At 28-38 cm (11-15 in) in length and 76-84 cm (30-33 in) in wingspan, it is the third smallest gull. They have white underparts, grey upperparts and wings with black tips, black head, white eye-crescents, orange-red legs, and black short, thin bill. They feed mainly on insects, as well as eggs of spawning salmon, small crustaceans and molluscs, and steal food from other birds.

silver gull image by Peter Prokosch

Bonaparte's gull image by Ken Schneider

[dovemoulins]

silver gull . little beasts

[tenth-sentence]

Many females that do reproduce nevertheless have extended periods of nonbreeding, up to 16 years in some cases.

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Silver and Herring Gulls are usually found in flocks of several hundreds or thousands; they generally form monogamous pair-bonds and nest in colonies containing anywhere from several hundred to tens of thousands of nests.

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

[oh-dear-so-queer]

In Silver Gulls, 21 percent of females pair with another female at least once in their lifetimes; 10 percent are exclusively lesbian, maybe only with other females during their lives, while 11 percent are (sequentially) bisexual, pairing with both males and females.

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

[bergii]

Hell Yeah Silver Gull. I think they're really pretty. They're mundane birds, everywhere you go you'll see a few, even far inland sometimes. But they have character, a certain vulgar grace.

Not the most fascinating bird but I love their dumb manic expressions

[pochqmqri]

Silver gulls in Townsville and on Magnetic Island, QLD, Australia