A little known fact about Colorado is that we have seagulls but no sea. It threw me off the first time I saw these birds flying around. I thought that they were either miserably lost, brain dead, or on vacation. Why would they be up here in the mountains? Why would they venture so far from the ocean? Upon further investigation, there really is no such thing as a "sea gull". There is just the species named "gull" from the Laridae family. They are not necessarily named because they only frequent the ocean. Actually, they are opportunistic feeders that will go anywhere there is something to eat. Apparently, there is something here in Colorado that they like to eat because we've got a large population of these gulls flying around. We do have lots of lakes and ponds, so perhaps they like to get their grub from our many water ways. Who knows.
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Imagine my surprise when i first saw them up here in the desert. We don't have many but every once in while you see a few at the school. Must be something about schools they like because I can remember dodging thier "bombs" in Jr. High and High school.
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