This is For the Birds

OK, this is all about the Ringed-billed Gull and a lunch stop on Chautauqua Lake. On this particular day there were 100's of them everywhere. As soon as we stopped this fellow landed right on the van hood and began begging.. The sign says "Do NOT Feed the Ducks", but says nothing about not feeding the Gulls, and they know it! He kept an eye on us for quite a while.

As soon as he saw we didn't have any food he looked around for any more folks to beg from.

Some were bathing, some were preening, and some just flying around.

In the middle of this group there was a much larger Gull. I'm not at all sure what kind it is. There are so many breeds and all the juveniles look so much different. from the adults. Anyway he is bigger.

Coming in for a landing.

Mid air collision!

Talk about ugly feet...

Of course when we left they all took off.

The end.