Seagull Gets the Last Laugh

Gull hanging out on a netted roof what was specifically netted to keep the gulls off of the roof of the bathroom on the Imperial Beach pier. Score: gulls 1: Humans 0.

Cracking Mussels

Seagull with mussel, Tijuana Estuary Reserve, San Diego, California. Seagulls will drop clams and mussels repetitively until they crack open and they can get at the animal inside. This one is dropping his mussel on the sand but others will find a stretch of cement or asphalt walkway to crack open their dinner. The unknowing pedestrian will see the litter from hundreds of broken clams/bivalves and wonder where they all came from!

Seagull chasing a Tern. This seagull decided it was easier to intimidate a tern out of his rightfully caught fish than it was to catch one on his own. The seagull chased that tern for a long time and that tern was not giving in. I watched them fly off into the distance, the tern still holding on and found myself rooting for the tern. Sometimes nature mimics life.

Nodding Gull

Ever wonder why animals sometimes turn their head sideways when they look at you? Maybe this gull thought I would look more like a clam if he turned his head sideways? Or maybe he was trying to hear better? Sounds like a science experiment is called for!

Gull City

The seagulls were out in force, taking advantage of the low tide to lounge around on the sandy riverbed. They scrounge up clams and squawk at each other. They socialize and just plain sit around.