Seagull - Coastal bird

The river, lake, common, as well as the pink gull is a bird nesting throughout Eurasia. Long ago, our ancestors called her a monkey - probably for characteristic screams.

The seagull is a graceful and small bird.The length of her body is from thirty-six to forty centimeters. Weight - about two hundred and fifty-three hundred grams. Her head is round, in the summer it has a dark brown color, with rather narrow white spots under and above the eyes. In winter and autumn, the head gets a gray tint. The beak is thin and red. The back and wings are light gray. There are swimming membranes on the paws, despite the fact that these birds never go on a long voyage, but only stick to the shore. Gull's voice is difficult to convey unequivocally. It usually resembles a whining, laughing, or screaming angry cat. In general, a seagull is an assertive and noisy bird, from which it seems that it never speaks out.

It dwells not only on the coast of the sea, but also on rivers, in floodplains, on marshes, overgrown islands, lakes, peat pits, and also inland waters.

The seagull is an omnivorous and voracious bird. Its main food is weak and not sufficiently dexterous fish, invertebrates, shells, mollusks, mosquitoes, earthworms, beetles, small rodents, and so on.

Гнездятся чайки целыми колониями - несколько thousand couples coming together. To do this, they choose a place where they will not be able to disturb people, as well as four-legged predators. Nests are located on the ground or bumps. In shape, they resemble negligent round slats thirty to forty centimeters thick with a small egg cavity. The female lays from one to three eggs of brown, light blue color without spots. Both parents incubate them for about a month. Chicks are in the nest for about two weeks, and then gradually move to nearby thickets. Chicks begin to fly when they are a month or so.

Seagull refers to migratory birds and asusually flies to warm countries in September. They winter in the Caspian and Black Seas, as well as in Japan, China and Africa. True, some of them remain to spend the winter in the cities, if there is an opportunity to feed themselves.

A seagull is a bird, distinguished by its impeccable ability to adapt. It fits into almost any habitat, without fear of man and often begging for bread from him.

Gulls also have positive qualities - they save us from a huge number of harmful insects, as well as collect waste.

People have long been associated with these birdsvarious signs. Previously, the sailors noticed: if the seagull sits on the mast of the ship, the weather will be excellent and you can sail, and if she wanders along the coastal stones with a loud cry, then soon wait for the storm.

Наука объясняет это тем, что когда атмосферное the pressure becomes high, above the surface of the water there are no air currents that usually support the birds, helping them to fly high in the air. That is why the seagulls get tired very quickly and are forced to sit on the ground.

The bird flying above the water resembles whitehandkerchief, waving at the meeting and farewell. And the seagulls, resting on the sand and basking in the sun, are to some extent soothed, they make it clear that despite all our crises, life goes on and everything will get better.