Sea Gulls and Nest

Vintage children’s natural history book plate illustration of sea gulls and nest. As one gull sits on the nest, her mate hollers at a passing bird. The other bird may be another type of gull. I didn’t know until recently that there were so many different kinds of birds often referred to as sea gulls.

With this pair, their nest is on a rock outcropping with a greenish sea below and story-filled clouds above. Perhaps our friend is hollering at Mother nature to send the storm away instead of chasing the other bird away from his next. The protective bird could be easily cropped out of the photo and used alone.