Chicks and nest of a Black-backed Gull (Larus dominicanus), North Canterbury, South Island New Zealand.

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Sometimes, hundreds of nests are washed away when the river floods.

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Size: 4772px × 3737px
Location: Canterbury, New Zealand
Photo credit: © Diarmuid / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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