Surprise Visitors

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I was wondering what bird to post about this morning when I looked out and was surprised to see two seagull landing by the back deck quickly eating the food I had put out for the other birds, such as, blue jays, juncos, grackles and the raven.

This Seagull is making sure there is nothing left.





Here’s one on the roof of the shed. Seagulls mate for life. They can live 15 years or so in the wild and I am thinking this couple has stopped here before knowing there are easy pickings.

Gulls have a strong social connection to each other. They will gang up on a intruder, to their nesting colonies, with up to a hundred gulls and drive them away.





Seagulls are sometimes called Shit Hawks but they are an important part of the ecological system.. They clean up all the scraps and I often see them at the fast food places waiting fo someone to drop a French fry.

I was surprised these two were inland on the property as most gulls stay close by the sea. I often see them on the Montague River.





This seagull is crusing down the Montague River.





In closing, an photo of the Mallow flowers, the ones I call Grandmother’s flowers...but that’s another story.