Black Chicken

November 9, 2011

Annecy Lake View of Surrounding Mountains - Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France - Daily Travel Photos
(Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France)
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A subdued Annecy Lake and the nearby mountains during the middle of autumn.

This lake is normally bustling with teenagers and holiday-makers riding on all manner of leisure water craft. The only thing enjoying the lake today is what I refer to as the black chicken, a species of bird that annoys me to no end due to its affinity for incessantly begging for sandwich scraps.

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