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• Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Animals/Birds/Charadriiformes#Genus_:_Larus
•  Info Immature herring gull (Larus smithsonianus) dropping a clam (or some other mollusc). Gulls drop and re-catch a clam repeatedly to position it before flying up high and dropping it onto rocks. This young gull seemingly hasn't learned that repositioning is easier on land. all by — Rhododendrites ^talk |  13:16, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support — Rhododendrites ^talk |  13:16, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Rosalina 🍵 462075 05:12, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Wieggy (talk) 06:23, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support The prey seems to be a species of the genus Glycymeris. Unfortunately the locality is not given, so the species is uncertain. --Llez (talk) 09:00, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
  • Aha. I suppose there are probably multiple Marine Parks. Updated now. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  13:53, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
    • I think, it is a Glycymeris americana (as we have no photo of this species on Commons, could you please send me a specimen for taking photos ?) --Llez (talk) 08:55, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
      • @Llez: I don't get to this spot very often (once or twice a year), but when I go back (or another spot with a lot of clam shells around), how would I identify this particular type from among the others? — Rhododendrites ^talk |  12:13, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
        • @Rhododendrites: The shell of a Glycymeris is rounded, solid, with a row of small, regular denticles on the inside at the top (see e.g. here; but I'm also interested in other species from this region). --Llez (talk) 15:58, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
          • I'd be willing to collect some shells and send them over to you sometime. I don't have any real knowledge on the subject, though. Maybe leave a talk page message with best practices for shipping shells, and next time I'm at a beach (which might be a little while), I can try to take some. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  16:00, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 09:27, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support--Ermell (talk) 23:13, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:13, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 07:55, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 10:00, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 04:50, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

 Support -- IamMM (talk) 07:34, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

•  Support--Fabian Roudra Baroi (talk) 03:14, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 23:59, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds/Charadriiformes#Genus_:_Larus