This Great Black-backed Gull, Larus marinus, is basking in the afternoon sun on the dune fence at the North Beach in the Assateague Island National Seashore.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM + 2x at 400mm, 1/125 sec, f/16, ISO 400
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