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Gulls feeding on brine flies (Ephydra cinerea), Great Salt Lake

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Wayne Wurtsbaugh



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Gulls feeding on abundant brine flies which darken the water of the Great Salt Lake, Utah (USA). Note the halo around the birds on the water as the adult brine flies flee. The high productivity of this saline lake provides huge numbers of brine shrimp and brine flies for migratory birds.
· Date: August 1, 2006 · Views: 18,414 · Filesize: 69.4kb, 975.6kb · Dimensions: 2500 x 1875 ·
Keywords: brine fly bird flyway Franklin gull Great Salt Lake saline limnology

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