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Common Gull

Larus canus

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Field Notes

Description:

Flock of hungry Common gulls. Bread thrown for birds and a whole lot of seagulls flew on over.

Habitat:

From Wikipedia "Both Common and Mew Gulls breed colonially near water or in marshes, making a lined nest on the ground or in a small tree; colony size varies from 2 to 320 or even more pairs. Usually three eggs are laid (sometimes just one or two); they hatch after 24–26 days, with the chicks fledging after a further 30–35 days. Like most gulls, they are omnivores and will scavenge as well as hunt small prey. The global population is estimated to be about one million pairs; they are most numerous in Europe, with over half (possibly as much as 80-90%) of the world population. By contrast, the Alaskan population is only about 10,000 pairs"

Notes:

They were gone as fast as they arrived, once being scared away by the cats.

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Comments (2)

Ha! If you threw Maccas chips you wouldn't be able to see the background. If you quote exactly from other websites please make sure you put it in quotes and give the reference... it's only fair. Thanks... oh yeah and you could remove their refs like [6] for example. :)
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PublishedJuly 29, 2013

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