Gulls
/Pine Point, Maine
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Hovertrotting
/The hovertrot: a how-to guide for gulls
- angle into sea breeze; lift off lackadaisically
- hold wings outstretched without flapping
- skim across beach without gaining altitude
- periodically paddle ground with feet
- maintain trajectory/nonchalance for 100+ meters
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
As performed by a herring gull yesterday.
Beware of Falling Clams
/Two gulls chasing each other this morning, fighting over a quahog. First they almost collide with my head, then they drop the clam on me.
Not an everyday find
/Atlantic Puffin, Pine Point Beach, Maine
Don't call it a seagull!
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In New England, winter is for gull-watching. I stood on Jodrey State Fish Pier in the fog and drizzle of a late Friday morning in January, inside a roiling cloud of gray and white birds. A stocky fisherman in orange foul-weather gear had just thrown a bucketful of...
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