Yes, Tommy, we have them here.
They live mainly on the coastal areas, but their primary source of sustenance is from the landfills.
You cant shoo them away.They are hardened to that. And they shit everywhere. Gross.
are we talking about sea gulls or Welshmen?
trumpkins
Seriously, the animals that are the most successful (worst pests) are those we feed. One way or another, their have always been a
end always will be animals who have learned how to coexist and thrive with humans.
Rats/rodents, pigeons, coyotes, raccoons - We feed them. We don't mean to but we do.
We've got seagulls on our lake but they're never a problem. A while back we watched a conversation between seagulls and eagles from very close. We just happened to be out walking and saw the whole thing.
A seagull landed on the ice with an enormous fish and just a few seconds later, he was joined by an bald eagle. There was a very short exchange and the seagull left. Then, a couple more eagles arrived, including a juvenile, so probably a family and an argument ensued. As usual, the adult the female got the fish.
Eagles can be a problem too. I remember hearing about a town where there was a fish cannery and the workers would throw the guts in one place to be disposed of. The eagles would come down grab long strings of fish guts and take off with them.
Problem was that they would sometimes drop them - on people, on their cars, their laundry on the clothesline.Ugh. Luckily, our eagles have never been a problem.
