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Post by Jane on Jul 29, 2015 4:14:13 GMT -7
There has been a lot in the news recently about seagulls attacking people and stealing food from them. They have been getting increasingly aggressive. You have to admire their intelligence though - apparently they have learnt that females are more likely to drop their food if seagulls come near them so they work as a team. One bird flies down and brushes the female with a wing or a touch of the beak to startle her and when she drops the food and runs off the rest of the seagulls dive in to eat it.
Jane
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Post by Haz on Jul 29, 2015 7:11:57 GMT -7
They really are intelligent and used to people having food. Many years ago, my sister and I were visiting an outdoor place where they served fast food. She was putting a fry up to her mouth when a seagull swooped down and took it out of her hand. I guess she was lucky it didn't knock all of them out of her hand.
Haz
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Post by Justin (z00ropa) on Aug 24, 2015 6:59:34 GMT -7
I was at the beach this weekend, first some people left their picnic supplies in full view an seagull pulled out a loaf of bread and proceeded to pull off the plastic and eat its fill of bread. Second, we were having breakfast and I don't know what the poor pigeon did to make the seagull mad, but next thing we saw was the seagull spinning the poor pigeon around by its tail feathers. At least the feathers came out and the pigeon got away but I bet it stung.
There was an article last week, gulls are pecking out the eyes of baby seals. We should fear our new gull masters.
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Post by nastyparrot on Sept 23, 2015 11:29:29 GMT -7
The Common Black Headed Gull is relatively new to North America, being first seen in Canada in the early 1900's. It is a small gull which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory, preferring to winter further south, but some birds in the milder westernmost areas of Europe do not migrate. Some birds that reside in eastern Canada will also spend the winter in the northeastern United States.
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