I read a book once, "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach. It was a beautifully written book about Jonathan, a seagull. He transcended the daily squabbles over food and gull 'society' by concentrating on pefecting his flight. His love of flight takes him to a different place, a new perfection.
A wondeful book.
I have wondered often about the reality of gull life. Do they really squawk and cry at each other just to broadcast thier authority? Instead, are they actually looking within - to perfection and beyond? Or, are they really like us - striving for something, not knowing what, not fulfilled...
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On Aldeburgh beach they spent many years squawking for fish and chips from visitors sitting on the low sea wall with their lunch - until the council posted notices warning of a £1000 fine for feeding them because they had become too much of a nuisance!
They would be less of a nuisance if there was more fish in the sea. Gulls have even moved inland as an all-year-around residence. They are adaptable. However, it shows that thier habitat has been damaged if they need to adapt to new, scavenged food sources - often a long way from the sea.
Isn't it just that the inward food supply is much easier to obtain, with a willing human to hand it over? They have learned to adapt to humans being around and supplying a much easier, and more readily available, food supply. Just my two cents. That book sounds interesting, and this shot is very nicely framed.
I think it's the first one :)