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Index of Subjects Hi Marg; Blake is right. These Gulls have been exhausted and need food and water to build up their strength so that they can try one more time to make it down south. Some have died already, but if you keep feeding them, they will gain weight and strength and will leave. Cheers; Suzanne --- On Sat, 9/11/10, Marg Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca> wrote: > From: Marg Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] laughing gulls > To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Received: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 5:59 PM > There are now over 60 laughing gulls > at my doorstep. Many are juveniles. Is there any hope they > will eventually go away or are they going to just starve as > did the 150 plus tree swallows here on Summerville Beach a > number of years ago. (the year when all the cuckoos were > blown in) > As Blake suggested I fed them hotdogs and sausages, I'm > down to white rice and don't think that will be good for > them at all. They went and got their friends. Steve says > stop as I am only prolonging their distress. Is this > correct, will they leave eventually or just die slowly. I am > seeing many in parking lots and lawns but mostly well away > from water! What I have noticed is the grass hopper > population has taken a major hit and for that I think them. > > We attended a wedding on Carter's beach today and there, > there were only a few. I saw those birds feeding > occasionally at water line. > > There are dead ones roadside at Western head amongst other > places being cleaned up by small hawks that I don't think > are all sharpshinned. Very small and very round. There were > sharpshinned there as well as an osprey and another, a > peregrine I think. I was driving and it came eye level > loaded with a bird so I had to concentrate on not hitting it > and not having the car behind rear end me. > Best regards > Marg Millard, White Point, Queens > http://MargMillard.ca > >
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