Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Gull

When ever you go fishing gulls are your constant companion. Perpetually hungry they never take their eyes of your pile of juicy bait. Occasionally one will entangle itself in your fishing line. This causes high excitement in the flock. Almost immediately, as the hapless bird struggles to free itself, every other gull within earshot will take to the wing and surround their distressed colleague. I puzzle over this behavior, are they showing concern and band together to so solidarity to downed brother/sister? or are they hoping for an easy meal? Once I have reeled the bird to shore and gently untangle it unharmed from the line and release it, the crowd disperses. Just an aside, those beaks are very sharp and pecky.





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