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Nature at it's best.
Nature at it's best.
That does not look like a
That does not look like a gull I'd want to cross.
Maybe
They parked on its space saver.
Rubber
Seagulls like rubber and rubber adhesives. They will peck at the seams in rubber roofs to eat the rubber and glue.
Please don’t ask me for sources.
Seagulls like rubber, rats like plant-based insulation
Start using some DDT again and learn 'em critters to stay in their place.
DDT
Okay. Right.
It didn't affect rats or seagulls, just the things that compete with them or eat them.
"Boston - The New Bodega Bay!"
Next thing you know they'll be gathering at the gas stations along Morrisey Blvd. and the gas tanks along I-95!
The final sign we're in trouble
We need to wait to glimpse Alfred Hitchcock crossing the street and THEN we're in trouble.
Clam-like Substance?
I wonder if the texture is appealing - sort of like rubbery sea life, freshly picked from a piling and dropped on a wharf to break it open?
Poor gulls - not much unfrozen trash around for them to upcycle.
I used to attend Army Reserve
I used to attend Army Reserve weekend drills at a unit in the seaport. Our mechanics had to get a couple of those bobble head owls to keep the seagulls away, because they were ripping the wiper blades off the trucks.
Where's the video of...
a gaggle of seagulls flying in a perfect circle above a dead rat?
a group of gulls
...is technically called a colony. But flock is also commonly used. Like here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpfWORQWhU