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Seagulls.
Image: Bartosz Nikiciuk 2007 (photo appears here with permission by National Geographic). [larger view].
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Topic Categories: Birds • Image of the Day
Posted on: January 5, 2008 2:59 PM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: gull, birds, National Geographic, Image of the Day
Seagulls.
Image: Bartosz Nikiciuk 2007 (photo appears here with permission by National Geographic). [larger view].
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Comments
Gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous.
Posted by: Peter | January 5, 2008 5:07 PM
I have to say I kind of hate seagulls. They've been very aggressive towards me, following me and diving toward my head. I support their extinction. As angels have been extinct literally forever, it would only be fitting for these birds too to only appear in dreams and visions.
Posted by: brtkrbzhnv | January 5, 2008 8:11 PM
Pretty, yes. Rats of the air...
Posted by: The Ridger | January 5, 2008 9:24 PM
Yay seagulls! :>
Posted by: Suricou Raven | January 6, 2008 8:28 AM
Yeah, I've wanted my nephews & nieces: Seagulls are very pretty, but they're not nice! I once saw one bite a kid (who was feeding it) at Disneyworld. (They really get out of hand around the food areas there....)
Posted by: David Harmon | January 6, 2008 9:02 AM
Bah, "warned". Preview, preview, preview!
Posted by: David Harmon | January 6, 2008 9:03 AM
Seagulls are racous, noisy and vicious (sort of avian humans) but in flight they are magnificent and you have to admire how well they've adapted to urban environments.
When I worked in Aberdeen you could tell where the seagulls had been feeding by the colour of their droppings on the cars (white if they'd been at sea, green/yellow if they'd been at the dump). Nasty stuff seagull droppings, strip the paint off if not cleaned off quickly, especially the green version. I ended up with a spotty car :o)
Posted by: Chris' Wills | January 6, 2008 11:40 AM
"I once saw one bite a kid (who was feeding it) at Disneyworld. (They really get out of hand around the food areas there....)"
You can hardly feed wildlife, then blame them for expecting it. Reminds me of the couple who put jelly on their kid's nose to get a black bear to lick it off. I wonder who they would have blamed if the bear ate their kid?
Yes, gulls are aggressive, and therefore very successful.
BTW, what species are those in the picture?
Posted by: BaldApe | January 6, 2008 11:49 AM
pretty picture.
Posted by: ddd | January 9, 2008 7:06 PM