seagulls

The seagull is an underappreciated bird. Back at home the seagull is considered a rodent with feathers - the poor creatures you see fighting each other for french fries in the parking lot of fast food joints. Their squawks just this short of annoying.

The seagulls on the atlantic are another breed altogether - likely because they are in their element. Today, as I drove by my favourite harbour view around the arm, I watched the gull gliding through the sky, swooping and flying behind the trees only to reappear a few moments later.A sovereign in its own land. It was a true site to see - a very description of majestic.

And a seagull's cry only really works against a backdrop of wilderness or the sea. The highrises of the city hold it in and makes it sound silly. But by the sea its cries can go for miles - the way it was supposed to. Against the sea, a seagull's cry can hold its own against the call of the loon any day.

Back at home once in a blue moon I'd hear the far off cry of the seagull and I'd practically see the coast and the sea in amongst the clutter of down town. I sure love seeing them here.

They are still damn silly when they try to land on an iced over pond.