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Yes, that's a plastic bag that the gull is entangled in.

"But the ironic thing is when [the gull] hit the water, the bag actually filled up with water. It kind of saved him in the long-run, because the bald eagle couldn't lift the seagull and the bag full of water."

The birds struggled for a few moments, until the seagull was able to free itself from both its captors, [photographer Michael] Winsor said. The bag itself remained floating in the lake, an environmental booby trap for another day.