Mews are smaller and so I would suspect they are last in the pecking order
when in with a group of GW's. They probably were delighted by the lack of
competition for a moment. Plus I suspect they might be pretty confident that
they could out fly a clumsy ole eagle.

Rob Sandelin
South Snohomish County at the headwaters of Ricci Creek
Sky Valley Environments <http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm>
Field skills training for student naturalists
Floriferous at msn.com


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From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Rolan Nelson
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 6:40 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Gull IQs ?


Greetings,

I'm still trying to figure this one out. Sunday I stopped for a few
minutes along the Port Orchard waterfront to watch the tide go out and the
birds come in to the emerging sandbar. After about 20 minutes there were
about 20 G W Gulls, some Mallard pairs, one female Merganzer and three Mew
Gulls. All at once they all exploded into the air so I quickly looked
skyward (Carol Schulz taught me that) to watch the im. Bald Eagle cruise
slowly over the scene. When I looked back down, everyone was gone EXCEPT
the three Mews. They were still searching the surf for goodies. What I
want to know is: Are they dumber than the rest of the birds,...or smarter?

Any ideas from the Gull folks out there?

-Rolan



Rolan Nelson
Burley, WA
rnbuffle at yahoo.com




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