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Originally Posted by dynalow
My nephew was F-bombed this & that & the owner told him he'd never seen anything like it in 20 years, yada yada...The birders take this stuff verrryyy seriously around these parts:
Cape May is at a crossroads for bird migration. Every spring and fall, thousands of migrating birds pass through the area. Subsequently, birders from all over the world have flocked to Cape May to witness the migrations.
Happened right here....although the vid is old, it's probably the same eatery seen at the start of this clip.
Sunset Beech Flag Ceremony at Cape May Point NJ - YouTube |
Yeah, well F the owner I say. Seagulls are not in danger, and sounds like your nephew reacted in spontaneous self defense. Seagulls take their risks in getting food like every other species. Sometimes it goes badly. Oh well, the species carries on.
Another seagull story. In '93 I spent the winter framing a house on Perkins Lane in the Mangolia area of Seattle. It's a sought after address in Seattle as it's on the beach, well, up a navigable but semi steep hill from the beach, and most parts of Puget Sound have a rail line right on beach as it's the only flat spot to be had. But Magnolia is a bluff, the rail line passes between it and the rest of the mainland so Perkins Lane has quite, unobstructed beach views.
Anyway, we'd eat our lunch on the deck and early spring, IIRC, we started see a few bald eagles just in front, over the water. One day a flock of seagulls was harassing an eagle in the air, dive bombing it, making a huge racket. I'd never seen the like of it before but I swear it was happening. We were all incredulous, spellbound, and then at one point the eagle caught one of them in his talons, they both did a slow flutter down to the water's surface where the eagle dipped his beak into the seagull's chest and started chowtime. This according to one guy who had binoculars. F with me, will ya . . . (said the eagle).