Thanks to our friends Nina and Mick for
sharing their photos of one wayfaring seagull who arrived at their inland Newmarket, New Hampshire home’s porch on March second.
According to Wiki answers, these smart saltwater
birds can live up to a mile inland, but will migrate south, often traveling
thousands of miles in search of plentiful food.
Seagulls aren’t picky eaters and will dine on anything from fish to
small rodents. Like the rest of us, they also enjoy french fries!
Unlike most animals, seagulls
can drink both fresh and salt water. Thanks to a special pair of glands located
above their eyes, salt is flushed from their system through openings in the
bill.
Nina found her guests fascinating to watch. “When
they stand in the snow” she observed,
“they take turns standing on each leg. They tuck the one not in use up in their
feathers.”
Seagulls that live near The Great Salt Lake in Utah once
saved Mormon farmers from marauding locusts, and earned themselves not only the
moniker of "The Mormon Air
Force", but the honor of being named the State bird of Utah!
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