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[–] [email protected] 112 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (12 children)

Last time I was on a beach, I dropped a fry and a seagull grabbed it.

Obviously, I didn't want a fry covered with sand, so I didn't mind. However, I discovered that the seagull who got the first fry would chase off any other seagulls that came to bother me. Each time I saw him doing that, I'd "drop" another fry.

I hired a seagull body guard with French fries.

That bird was absolutely on top of that situation. After a little while, the other seagulls all gave up and left me alone, so he didn't even have to do any more work for the fries, just stand watch.

Edit: Of course, this was on the US East Coast, and seagull relations are a little different on this side of the pond. I understand there might still be some sore feelings over there after the seagull wars. Some wounds take longer to heal.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (6 children)

There's some crows (Or other corvid birds, I'm not a birdologist) that like to hang out in my backyard tree.

I try to make friends, I bring them bread out there whenever I see them but they never come down to take it. Ive tried holding it out stretched and leaving it on the outdoor table and retreating inside, but they never seem to want to take it :(

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Buy some birdseed and fruit, they might not know the bread is food.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

They are meat eaters. Don't sit your groceries in the back of your truck with hotdogs in it and stop at a gas station. You won't have any hotdogs left.

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