One response to “[Birding-Aus] Gull behaviour in eastern Florida”
brian fleming
Dear Wim and others, I have often seen Silver Gulls trampling in very shallow water, wet sand or sandy mud, so as to bring prey such as polychaete worms and small bivalves to the surface. Sometimes there is a lot of running about as one gull snatches prey from under another’s feet. Incidentally, the technique is also used by humans, typically small boys seeking fishing-bait and Italian women seeking bivalves(heart-cockles, pipis and venerids) for a meal.
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One response to “[Birding-Aus] Gull behaviour in eastern Florida”
Dear Wim and others, I have often seen Silver Gulls trampling in very shallow water, wet sand or sandy mud, so as to bring prey such as polychaete worms and small bivalves to the surface. Sometimes there is a lot of running about as one gull snatches prey from under another’s feet. Incidentally, the technique is also used by humans, typically small boys seeking fishing-bait and Italian women seeking bivalves(heart-cockles, pipis and venerids) for a meal.
Anthea Fleming
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