This same behavior by gulls was observed last winter in Two Harbors; they were feeding on Mountain Ashberry tree, and awed us with their agility. Linda Whyte
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Stephen Greenfield <[email protected]> wrote: > A flock of gulls regularly roosts on Lake Calhoun this time of year, but I > was surprised to see a group of 60 or so feeding at the tops of large > hackberry trees on the east side of the lake on Sunday afternoon. The > berries are on outer branches too thin to support birds that heavy, so they > were hovering or flapping their wings while holding onto the twigs and > grabbing the berries. Very bizarre and striking, like big white > butterflies. I don't see any fruit listed in writings about their diet but, > given that they are almost endemic to garbage dumps, it shouldn't have been > surprising. > > > > Mostly ring-bills with a few Herrings, nothing unusual yet... > > > > Stephen Greenfield > > Minneapolis > > [email protected] > > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
