The First Cuddle

Date/Year of Photo
July 8, 2017

Location of Photo: (BC photos only)
Vancouver

Description of Photo
Two recently hatched Glaucous-winged Gull siblings. They cuddle together in the warm, Vancouver sun at the edge of the rooftop nest, near their recently discarded eggshells. Two storeys below, humans walk the seawall and passenger ferries patrol False Creek. Fifteen metres away, traffic roars continuously across the Cambie Street Bridge, where a camera also clicks. But the chicks go unnoticed by all other human eyes, safe and comfortable in their rooftop home.