Why do seagulls like parking lots?
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Chosen Few
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07-04-2005 20:35
Anyone know? I'm really curious. I tried to look it up, but no dice. Every large parking lot in America seems to be swarming with these skyrats, so there's got to be a reason. What is it?
Also, are these really seagulls? I live about 300 miles from the ocean, so it's unlikely they came from the sea. We do have a Great Lake here, so I suppose we could call them lake gulls, but I've seen them in parking lots as far inland as Colorado, so proximity to water seems to be irrelevent. Are they lot gulls?
Please, if anyone has any info on this, enlighten me.
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The Quirk
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well, duh..
07-04-2005 20:38
target practice!
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Nolan Nash
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07-04-2005 20:42
People litter, sometimes it's foodstuffs, and the seagulls scavenge it.
I was out on Fire Island last summer and these seagulls kept trying to take some of our lunch - chicken caesar salad. Greedy bastards.
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Vudu Suavage
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07-04-2005 20:49
Yes, litter seems likely. Parking lots are often also close to dumpsters.
Edit: Just thought of it, but parking lots are also shiny from the air, due to heat-shimmer and reflected sunlight; maybe the gulls respond to them like bodies of water.
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Sunshine Clio
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07-04-2005 21:41
From: Chosen Few
Please, if anyone has any info on this, enlighten me.
I live on the coast and ours hang out in the parking lots because the tourists think it's great fun to feed them. Never mind that our seagulls are insanely fat. lol. At least they move slow enough the pigeons can get some food now.  -Sun |
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Siggy Romulus
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07-04-2005 22:52
It's kinda like dropping my bread and the buttered side lands down..
Or dropping a cat and having it land on its feet..
Which begs the question....
What happens if I butter the back of the cat then drop it?
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07-05-2005 02:08
From: Siggy Romulus
What happens if I butter the back of the cat then drop it?
Well, if it's in a box, it will fall indefinitely until you open the box. See, physics has practical applications for everyday life.
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Xtopherxaos Ixtab
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07-05-2005 06:09
Here we call seagulls "Sewer Falcons"
and pidgeons are "Flying Rats"
When I was younger, one of the best things to do was buy a loaf of bread and shread it...then distribute it evenly across a hotel's full parking lot.
poop central.
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Pituca FairChang
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07-05-2005 07:39
A seagull that Garth and I saw when he was visiting last fall. I always thought it was CrowCatcher in disguise. This was in Cannery Row in Monterey, the gull surrounded by a sea of water and a sea of gull poop.
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Pituca FairChang
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07-05-2005 07:43
They loved the rest stop!! 
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Cid Jacobs
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07-05-2005 07:44
Holy bird poop! How did you make it out alive  |
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Olympia Rebus
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07-05-2005 07:56
I kinda like seagulls.
There's something funny about the way they squabble over food like bratty kids.
Recently I saw a flock that had broken into a shipping box behind the supermarket. They'd found some prepackaged cheese 'n' crackers snacks, and had puntured the cheese end of dozens of them to get the goods.
Another time I met one at an amuesment park where they'd lost all fear of humans. As I ate my pizza slice, one landed on the table and stared me down, as if saying, "Well? Where's my share?". He mooched half of my lunch with his technique.
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07-05-2005 08:23
From: Chosen Few Anyone know? I'm really curious. I tried to look it up, but no dice. Every large parking lot in America seems to be swarming with these skyrats, so there's got to be a reason. What is it?
Also, are these really seagulls? I live about 300 miles from the ocean, so it's unlikely they came from the sea. We do have a Great Lake here, so I suppose we could call them lake gulls, but I've seen them in parking lots as far inland as Colorado, so proximity to water seems to be irrelevent. Are they lot gulls?
Please, if anyone has any info on this, enlighten me. When it's hot, the flat dark surface and heat shimmers makes parking lots look a little like ponds or lakes to some high flying birds. Stupid birds at least. |
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07-05-2005 09:27
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07-05-2005 09:36
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07-05-2005 09:40
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