Gulls (Seagulls)

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A group of seagulls is called a colony. This is the traditional collective name, although of course the formerly "incorrect" term, a flock, has entered the language as well because of its popularity.

Gulls usually pick rocky seacliffs or isolated islands.

Gulls are found all over the world near to the coast. (They are not strictly sea going birds as they need fresh water to drink.)

An emu's bones are solid and adapted for long periods of running and walking. A seagull's bones are light and hollow so they can fly easily.

It has something to do with their instincts. It's their instict to lay three eggs, because of their prior knowledge.

Yes. Gulls, (not "seagulls") will eat anything edible, and will take unprotected baby birds of other species.

Does anyone know? I really need to know!

I was in the city at 1am this morning (until about 3am) and there were seagulls still up partying.

When and where do they sleep, if they ever do? I've never seen a sleeping seagull.

Seagulls seem to 'nest' at night only when they are actually nesting to raise young. The rest of the time (the greater part of the year) they sleep out in the open where they feel safest - inland this could be parkland, even car parks, apparently, and of course out at sea where they just 'sit' on the water in large flocks. Your nocturnal 'partying' gulls were probably just opportunists, feeding off the kebab scraps dropped by their human fellow-partygoers... when the human nightlife subsided, probably so did they! Here in South Devon, UK, at sunset we observe flocks of gulls coming from all around, gathering above this one particular valley and then, altogether, heading off out to sea, presumably to sleep on the water. Apparently birds don't 'sleep' in the normal sense; they nap, maybe even keeping one part of their brain active and alert to watch for predators while the other part rests. I've observed this in our own pet parrot! So the answer is 'Yes - they do sleep but not always when or where we would expect more familiar birds to roost.'

They are mostly related to the terns [Family Sternidae] They are also closely related to many other types of familys.

I was in the US Army during world war ll and the island we were on sometime did not receive food on a regular basis.

We ate sea gull when nothing else was available and it tastes like a old tough( chicken ) rooster and has the smell of dirty feet.

Seagulls are vertebrates. They have a backbone.

The male has a noticeably large left ankle with golden rings.

seagull's eggs are about the size of an average chicken egg to 2x the size. =] seagull's eggs are about the size of an average chicken egg to 2x the size. =]

A segull can fly a emu cant fly

yes

They would if I had anything to do with it.

yes they do, i found out the hard way, today

Adult seagulls have a red dot so that the chicks know where to tap in order to get their parents to regurgitate part digested food.

Seagulls live anywhere between 5 to 15 years depending on their environment and predators. The average is probably closer to 7 to 10 years. Some individual gulls have been known to live over 25 years.

anything besides rice because it makes them blow up

Shuddup...jus shuddup....you dont know nothin, bout anythin

first the gull he scoops up a scallop from the kelp beds on which it lives on, then the gull goes up high and drops the scallop. He then eats the meat from the broken shell

This is a Tern. Three match your description but since you talk of a black plume, it is the Elegant Tern. Two others are similar- Royal and one other.

Black headed gulls eat mainly small creatures and fish, but like most gulls, will eat garbage if nothing else is available.

The rarest kind of eagle is found in the Philippine and is called the Philippine eagle or is also known as the Philippine Monkey eating eagle.