well I can honestly say that living on the West Coast right in the middle of The California Delta....Seagulls will eat anything...even Alka Seltzer...but I wouldn't recommend giving them any...
David Epling Central California Rails http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/1624/ -----Original Message----- From: Dieter Zakas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, February 14, 1998 20:22 PM Subject: Re: SPORRS: Seagulls & cheese doodles >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> In a message dated 98-02-14 22:03:27 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >> > > It seems that one local railfan got the bright idea into his head to >> > > feed cheese doodles to the area seagulls (the property is adjacent to a >> > > navigable waterway, Overpeck Creek). >> > >> >> I heard the CP5 closure to buggs is because that large building west of the >> crossing is for sale, and that the owner is concerned about all the goons with >> cameras effecting the sale. If this is true, perhaps once the building is >> sold things will loosen up. >> >> I don't understand the cheez doodle problem, either. Gulls are common to that >> area; I wonder is the cheez doodles don't make the droppings even more >> annoying somehow. Orange? >> >> ....Mike > >While I cannot say whether the closure is temporary and/or due to the >impending POSSIBLE sale of the property (remember, a portion is also >available for rent). Of all the standard things associated with a real >estate transaction, a "railfan evaluation" would certainly make for an >unusual attachment to the transaction. > >I think the Cheese doodles attracted the gulls in numbers significantly >greater than what is normally found there, which increased the attendant >problems proportionally. > >Dieter > >-> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects >-> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs >-> Message © SPORRS® 1998 - All Rights Reserved > -> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs -> Message © SPORRS® 1998 - All Rights Reserved
