/r/Seagulls
seagulls, gulls, and terns too why not.
Dreyfus once wrote from Devil's Island that he would see the most glorious birds. Many years later in Brittany he realized they had only been seagulls... For me they will always be - glorious birds.
- Maude Chardin in "Harold and Maude"
Related links:
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
/r/Seagulls
Location, southern shore of South Korea. Seagulls so far have all had yellow bills and yellow feet here (they are of the species common gull, I believe). Have never seen a seagull with a red bill or red feet before.A few days ago, for the first time ever, I spotted three seagulls with red bills and red feet and that was a big surprise of course. They were hanging out some distance away from the common gulls. Today spotted another one. I'm pretty sure this has to do with the temperature change of the earth.
I may be the one singular person in this city paying attention this as people are mostly uninterested in things as mundane as seagulls. So I had to vent my excitement or alarm in this sub. I don't feel particularly happy about this new visitation, as I prefer the yellow billed common gulls I'm so used to. I definitely would not like the red ones to take over and replace the natives. But anyway, I suppose “What's comin' will come, an' we'll meet it when it does.”
San Francisco, USA
They’re both funny and cute, same with pigeons honestly, and I hate that most people see em as “rats with wings” and will sometimes harass them.
Seagulls are animals just the same as a pet dog or a cute robin, so stop the animal abuse towards seagulls
Update on Felicia: after first day in her temporary aviary I can say only one thing - one of my boys in main aviary is obsessed about her! For first meeting they saw each other through the bars(letting her straight into the main aviary would be too much for her) and he can’t get enough of her. He calls her, sits where he can get as close as possible to her, he even brought her a piece of fish and left it near her(ofc she couldn’t get it but it’s the gesture that counts). And she’s intrigued too. I’m pretty sure they’ll be a pair after some time - right now they’re like 12 years old teens so it’s a little bit too early but everything looks promising. And Felicia herself looks better and better. She fattened up, her bumblefoot is almost gone, the only thing left is to restore her waterproofing. Right now she soaks easily but this will be better over time and regular baths. I look forward to letting her into the main aviary and I’m so proud of her!