All About Birds: Gull (18 Pics)

She hovers above the water with a feeling of satisfaction, because there is still a lot of food in the water column under her. The bird is in comfortable conditions and is calm for itself and for its family.

But when these conditions change, the gull very quickly turns into a greedy predator, ready to fight any rival for its prey. An interesting fact, this behavior is typical for both adult birds and fledglings.

Sensing a strong enemy, the birds flock together in the blink of an eye. They fight together with the enemy. They even have a special signal.

These free birds get food easily and naturally. The structure of the beak helps them to carry out their hunt.

With a thin and sharp beak, it clings to its prey, which simply has no chance of salvation. No matter how slippery the gull's main delicacies are, the fish or squid's tenacious beak will not let them go.

It happens that the seagull feeds on the remains of the food of larger hunters, such as dolphins, whales, and other marine life. But before that, she has to hunt down for a long time and try not to miss this moment.

To get food, a seagull can fly huge distances, circling over the water surface. She can fly huge distances from the flock, constantly observing what is happening under the water column.

Shoals of fish swimming along the surface become their easy prey. But the seagull cannot dive into the depths for prey. Sometimes seagulls feed on the corpse remains of mollusks, fur seals, crabs, and other carrion.

Those flocks that live in the steppes feed on voles and various plant species.

It turns out that the seagull adapts to its habitat and eats what corresponds to it.

Of course, there is an opinion that the seagull is dangerous for the environment. She exterminates fish. But she cleans the coast from carrion.

A double opinion with well-reasoned arguments will always sound. But it is impossible to imagine the sea-coast without the cries of seagulls.