Seagulls
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Ardith Hinton@1:153/716 to
Denis Mosko on Sat Jan 21 23:12:22 2023
Hi, Denis! In response to a question you asked elsewhere:
According to the Oxford & Cambridge dictionaries, a "seagull" may be any kind of gull... including the herring gull which is most common here.
According to the Audubon Society there's no such thing as a seagull. OTOH I know which dictionary to use when I need information about science, and my GAGE CANADIAN DICTIONARY defines "gull" as:
any of numerous aquatic birds (family Laridae, especially genus
Larus) having long wings, webbed feet, a strong slightly hooked
bill, and mainly white plumage with some grey and black....
What you most need to know, if you visit our fair city, is that such birds tend to reside near one ocean or another. They can be quite aggressive, especially when it's easier to steal your lunch than to catch live prey. :-))
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
* Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)