My window continues to work magic tricks.
At odd times, unannounced, you can find raccoons, bunnies, squirrels, opossums (from the Powhatan "apasum", or "white animal"), and various cheepie things coming around to hang out beneath it.
Now this.
Best guess: an immature herring gull.
First, standing in place. Later sitting. I expected my third trip to the window to find it dead on the grass but it waan't there 'tall.
Feeding: Eats mussels, clams, fish, rodents, insects, young of other gulls, garbage. Steals from other birds.
Voice: Long call is like "ow ow ow keekeekee kyow kyow kyow". Alarm call is "ga ga ga ga".
Habitat: Coasts, lakes, rivers, fields, dumps.
Next up, I hope, is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta and her gastropod dress, which would likely draw more garbage eaters.
Ga ga ga ga! I can handle it. The camera is locked and loaded.
I'd like to see her eating worms after a rain, but that may be too much to hope for.
(Notes from "Field Guide to Birds", by Donald & Lillian Stokes.)
