it's really an orange-red spot on their beak not an red beak and it is where the yound aim at that spot when the mother seagull is feeding them.
i really did watch the attack of the killer tomatoes once. i don't think it could have been outdone or outwon in this movie catagory. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 8/1/2005 1:08:40 PM Mountain Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > i have a seagull story that isn't so nice. i think the birds are > > beautiful, but a little agressive. > > > > i was walking to catch the bus in norfolk virginia about 7 months > ago > > at one of mall areas. i can't remember which one, but there is a > > mcdonalds sitting off to the right that i went to for some fries to > eat > > while i was waiting. i started walking towards the bus stop and > pulled > > my red french fry box out and started eating the fries when a few > of > > them swooped down on me. i laughed and thought "oh, just silly > > birds!", then i walked a few more steps and they started dive > bombing > > me. i tried to run, but it was imposible to outrun about 25 birds. > as > > i was running i put my red french fry container in the white > mcdonald's > > bag and they went away. > > > > i went home and told my uncle what happened and he said he never > had > > that experience with them and thought they were such nice birds. > we > > also had a big discussion of what kind of bird they really were > since i > > had never seen such wierd looking seagulls. i have never seen them > with > > the gray and white coloring. i looked them up in a bird watching > book > > that describes their habits and environment and found that he was > > correct. they were seagulls, and i also found out the color red > > triggers their eating habits. it comes from when they are young > and > > feeding from their mother's bill. > > > > > > Well, Suz, there's one thing you've got to know about seagulls -- not > all of > them come from heaven, like the ones we have here! :<)) (and no, > they're not > red here).... > > On the brighter side, sounds like your story could be the plot of a > great > film for the Bicknell Film Festival here, last weekend in Torrey (no > relation) > Utah....alongside the waterskiing cat. > http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2005-07-23-bmovie-festival_x.htm > > (But wait -- I think there was some film kinda like that already!) > > It could have been worse -- Just be glad you had those french fries > to offer > -- that's all I can say! > > Ricki > Utah USA > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the > line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
