Blind Man - Plays Violin while a spider waits in its web at the doorway for any morsels to walk in (winter of 2002) - A seagull stuffs its self with a large Starfish, state of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico - Digital art made November 06, 2008.

A sandwich of ideas about the competition for food in some of the more competitive realities.

The Herring Gull is common in our area and is seen mostly in coastal habitats, bays, beaches, parks, lakes, piers, farm lands and dumps. They are excellent scavengers and are likely to hang out where people carry on recreational activities waiting for hand outs from picnickers. The immature Herring Gull is recognized by relatively uniform dusky brown color, a bill that is all dark in first winter, gradually becoming paler at base later. The gray mantel and wing tops are acquired when the gull reaches adulthood (usually after it's fourth year).

The art of swallowing starfish is catching on amongst immature Herring Gulls and although these large birds have big gullets, the starfish are a hard pill to swallow. Ochre sea stars are usually found on wave-washed rocky shores, well above low-tide line, sometimes below (This makes an easy target for hungry gulls). Coloration varies from yellow, orange, rusty, brown to purple and has small white spines on upper surface of its 5 arms and body.