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Post by nance on Aug 24, 2006 2:53:20 GMT -5
Yes, I know what you mean, cutienj!!! No matter where I am, I feel the same way. There used to be alot of seagulls that, for some reason, came north and stayed at a shopping mall parking lot for some time. I'd sit in my car and just watch them. Made me think so much of the beach and the boardwalk!
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Post by wildwoodjms on Aug 24, 2006 5:53:35 GMT -5
Not that the seagulls are my favorite by any means, but when I go to the store on a warm Sunday morning and hear the seagulls in the parking lot looking for food and calling 100 of their closest friends to join them when they find a piece, it makes it feel like a "Wildwood Morning."
Missing Wildwood jackie
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Post by nance on Aug 25, 2006 3:49:12 GMT -5
I love to feed the seagulls (I'm an animal lover). To me it's relaxing and I enjoy it. But I do know alot of people are irritated by them, for I've been told about it a number of times. They can be pesty but I still love them.
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Post by wildwanderer on Aug 27, 2006 18:30:30 GMT -5
I love to feed the seagulls (I'm an animal lover). To me it's relaxing and I enjoy it. But I do know alot of people are irritated by them, for I've been told about it a number of times. They can be pesty but I still love them. Seagulls are a pain in the a--. They are garbage hounds and will attack. Also, the reason they come inland is to feed on the landfills. No big surprise huh? Still I do love to hear the sounds of the sea which include seagulls.
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Post by nance on Aug 28, 2006 3:43:04 GMT -5
Well, thank you so much for giving me that little tidbit of information for the animal-lover in me. But, I STILL love them. : )
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Post by fuzzyscorpio on Aug 28, 2006 12:42:19 GMT -5
I love to feed the seagulls (I'm an animal lover). To me it's relaxing and I enjoy it. But I do know alot of people are irritated by them, for I've been told about it a number of times. They can be pesty but I still love them. On this, we definitely agree, Nance and one of my least favorite things about the Wildwoods beaches is all the little 10-year-old s**theads whose favorite pastime--despite countless other opportunities for amusement in sand and sea--is chasing seagulls and threatening them with plastic bats and such. I've told off more than one of them (not that they listen). A visit to the Wildwoods isn't complete for me if I haven't shared some leftover grub with my feathered friends. When I was down there earlier this month they got some sausage I couldn't finish from my breakfast at the Tangiers' Doo Wop Coffee Shop, which they seemed to enjoy. I usually feed the gulls in early morning or early evening and always take care to lure the birds as far away from motels and beachgoers as I can, since so many people nowadays are annoyed with them. Fortunately that's easy to do since the beach is so big. In 50+ years none of my family has ever been hurt by a gull. I think maybe once we had one fly down and snatch a bit of lunch. When you feed them, they hover closer than they used to, but they will wait for you to toss the food. They're just doing what they're programmed to do--survive--and not nearly so aggressively as some people claim. I find them funny, endearing and basically harmless.
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Post by wildre on Aug 28, 2006 13:31:27 GMT -5
One thing many may not realize is that it is against the law to feed the seagulls. There are signs posted on the boardwalk and beaches. If people didn't feed them they wouldn't be so aggressive. Seagulls survive along the coast of other states without human handouts and are much less aggressive. They are definitely part of the Wildwood ambience, I enjoy watching them fly over the surf swooping down for their natural prey. I guess those that love to feed them have never been awakened at 5am, as they garage pick on opened trash cans and dumpsters?
re
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Post by Rob Ascough on Aug 28, 2006 16:16:21 GMT -5
I agree that it's bad to feed the seagulls but I love them anyway. The sound of the laughing gulls alone defines the Wildwood experience.
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Post by nance on Aug 29, 2006 4:01:26 GMT -5
ok, ok, I get the picture!!!!They CAN be pesty but I still enjoy them and to me it wouldn't be the same without them. We're not allowed to feed them? But I guess it's perfectly alright for little, excuse me, brats to chase them all over the place and YES, throw things at them. I always taught my kids from little on up to have respect for any living thing, which includes animals, birds, etc. My kids never deliberately were nasty to wild-life or animals. And some of these kids today are really out of hand. One time, at some lake I went to, a little boy ran up and kicked a goose! His mom was sitting right there at the picnic table and didn't say a thing.
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Post by fuzzyscorpio on Aug 29, 2006 11:09:34 GMT -5
One thing many may not realize is that it is against the law to feed the seagulls. There are signs posted on the boardwalk and beaches. If people didn't feed them they wouldn't be so aggressive. Seagulls survive along the coast of other states without human handouts and are much less aggressive. They are definitely part of the Wildwood ambience, I enjoy watching them fly over the surf swooping down for their natural prey. I guess those that love to feed them have never been awakened at 5am, as they garage pick on opened trash cans and dumpsters? re I’m sorry you have to deal with that, re, but are you saying that the gulls wouldn’t dive into dumpsters or trash cans if I didn’t feed them? I don’t see a cause-and-effect relationship there. They’re scavengers by nature. A sign is one thing, a statute another. I’m not convinced it’s actually a punishable offense to feed the gulls. What do the signs say exactly, re? I can’t remember. I recently visited the Cape May County Herald’s “Spout Off” forum after Doowopper mentioned it in one of his posts, to see what goes on there. ( www.capemaycountyherald.com/forum/ ) I noticed that someone in that forum made a similar statement about the legal status of gull-feeding, but when challenged to document it, either wouldn't or couldn't deliver. Could this idea that feeding the gulls is illegal be urban legend? I sure hope so... Just let them try and slap me with a fine or a night in jail for feeding the gulls. That will be the end of my affair with the Wildwoods. -Kathi
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Post by nance on Aug 30, 2006 2:39:04 GMT -5
I like your "spunk", Kathi. What do you say we go to Wildwood and feed all the seagulls and see what happens? I'm game if you are. I have seen signs that do say "Please do not feed the seagulls." As far as a fine or anything, I really don't know what they could do. I know I was told already not to feed them. There was a sign there and I didn't see it and some old lady said to me,"Didn't you see the sign? You're not suppose to feed the gulls." I said,"Excuuuse me!" and i just walked away. I parked my car in the lot already in PA and fed them. Hourdes of them flew down and then some a--hole drove by real fast right through them and they flew away. Sometimes I'll take a pet or animal over some of these people in this world. But, anyway, I've always enjoyed feeding them and watching them and that is and was one of my many memories.
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Post by hulk007 on Sept 3, 2006 23:32:59 GMT -5
As garbage birds go I would rank sea gulls ahead of pigeons but lower that crows.
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Post by nance on Sept 4, 2006 2:42:21 GMT -5
To each his own, I guess. : )
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Post by Rob Ascough on Sept 7, 2006 14:42:02 GMT -5
Sometimes I'll take a pet or animal over some of these people in this world. But, anyway, I've always enjoyed feeding them and watching them and that is and was one of my many memories. I agree. More often than not, I'd rather be with an animal rather than a person. Animals are generally nicer!
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Post by FlyinGN on Sept 7, 2006 20:06:52 GMT -5
not if you ask Steve Irwin !
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