The Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) is a seabird, but here, it is keeping a close eye on the hordes of shoppers in central Ballarat (😁), 50km from the nearest salt water!
Photo taken September 2021 just after being released from lockdown number 7!
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