[NatureNS] [Fwd: this bird walks into a store!!!this is

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Hi all

Just to continue this thread a little more...

Here's a link to a story about thieving Starlings in Maryland that these
stories reminded me of.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/carwash.asp

Who says birds are "bird brains"?

Ian Woodman
Toronto

On 9/23/07 9:26 AM, "David & Alison Webster" <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:

> HI,        Sept 23, 2007
>   This reminds me a bit of gulls freeloading off a homeowner in
> Sussex. When my wife was visiting an elderly relative last year she
> stayed for several days at a nearby friend's house and every morning
> (7:00-7:30) two Gulls landed on the lawn and pecked vigorously on the
> porch glass door until food was provided. This had been going on for
> some time.
> 
>   This year two adult gulls have been visiting along with two young.
> 
>   Fishing boats are presumably not as gull-friendly as they used to be.
> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
> 
> annabelle wrote:
> 
>> Is thias true"
>> 
>>        So...this   bird walks into a store....
>> 
>> A seagull in   Scotland has developed the habit of   stealing chips
>> from a neighborhood shop.
>> The   seagull waits until the shopkeeper isn't looking, and then walks
>> into the   store and grabs a snack-size bag of cheese Doritos.
>> Once outside, the   bag gets ripped open and shared by other birds.
>> The seagull's   shoplifting started early this month when he first
>> swooped into the store in   Aberdeen ,   Scotland , and   helped
>> himself to a bag of chips. Since then, he's become a regular. He
>> always   takes the same type of chips.
>> Customers have   begun paying for the seagull's stolen bags of chips
>> because they think it's so   funny.
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 

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