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pinto

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3. Great video, thanks for posting. Have you ever seen seagulls "herd" anchovy?

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Wed Aug 6, 2014, 02:57 PM

Aug 2014

At least that's what it looks like. A flock will fly in a tight circle around and around a school of anchovies. Take repeated dives for a scoop and get back into the herding. Quite a show.

For a while I lived on a coastal hillside, so I had a good vantage point to watch the gulls and see the anchovies churning up the water.

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Great video, thanks for posting. Have you ever seen seagulls "herd" anchovy? pinto Aug 2014 #3

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