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red dog 1

(33,062 posts) Thu Jan 23, 2025, 06:35 PM Jan 2025

I just realized I've never seen a baby seagull before

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I just realized I've never seen a baby seagull before (Original Post) red dog 1 Jan 2025 OP

You are right! KT2000 Jan 2025 #1

I've seen seagull families at the beach Marthe48 Jan 2025 #2

Yes - I watched a swallow in a windstorm KT2000 Jan 2025 #3

KT2000

(22,150 posts)

1. You are right!

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2025, 06:39 PM

Jan 2025

They sure are cute. I see them when they are teenagers - bigger than the parents. They follow the parents yelling all day because they have been instructed to hunt for themselves. It can drive a person insane.

Marthe48

(23,174 posts)

2. I've seen seagull families at the beach

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 23, 2025, 07:16 PM

Jan 2025

younger ones yelling at Mom or Dad to feed them.

I also get to watch robins with their fledglings in my yard. The young ones follow the parents around pausing now and then to open their beaks for a meal. By that age, Mom and Dad are teaching them to forage, rather than getting a handout. Birds are so fascinating!

KT2000

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3. Yes - I watched a swallow in a windstorm

Reply to Marthe48 (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 23, 2025, 09:26 PM

Jan 2025

I learned at that moment - we just have to keep going. The swallow did - without complaining - he/she just kept going, no matter what.

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