I was watching this gull as I was trying to get a photo of it with its beak touching the water just before a ripple formed. Took a few and I’ll share some others later, but for it’s just this one.

I think it was looking for food. I’m not sure. I also think it has some sort of leaf in its beak, but I’m not sure. I know it found something else in this puddle that looked more like a leaf than this object, but this still could be, albeit more decomposed. Maybe.

This is my submission into the two hundred-and-sixtieth Lens-Artists Photo Challenge. The theme for this one is “Overlooked“.

I feel this counts as, when we see a group of birds we don’t always pay attention to what some of them are doing and as such can miss actions that seem different to what the other birds are doing. I also think this counts based on the possibility that the gull found the object due to other birds not seeing it.

The host of the Lens-Artists challenges cycles weekly between the following people:

Week 1 – Tina

Week 2 – Patti

Week 3 – Ann-Christine aka Leya

Week 4 – Amy

Week 5 – John Steiner

Week 6 – Sofia Alves

Week 7 – Anne Sandler

Week 8 – Donna

Week 9 – Guest host

Janet Webb of This That and The Other Thing is guest-curating this one. Leya is curating the next one, and the theme has been announced in advance as “Work in Progress”.

I recommend participating in the challenges as they provide a fun way to interpret theme. If not participating, then at least you should still check out what others of the Lens-Artists community are submitting.

I hope you enjoy.