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A Black-backed Gull mother and juvenile, Waikanae Beach, Kapiti Coast, New Zealand. The Black-backed Gull is the largest Gull in New Zealand with a breeding season from October to January. Juveniles remain with parents for a couple of months only and here the mother was repeatedly rejecting approaches for feeding presumably as it was time for the juvenile to fend for itself. Over the first three years the plumage of juveniles will change from brown to adult colours.
Tough Love
A Black-backed Gull mother and juvenile, Waikanae Beach, Kapiti Coast, New Zealand. The Black-backed Gull is the largest Gull in New Zealand with a breeding season from October to January. Juveniles remain with parents for a couple of months only and here the mother was repeatedly rejecting approaches for feeding presumably as it was time for the juvenile to fend for itself. Over the first three years the plumage of juveniles will change from brown to adult colours.