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Sea Gulls 150 miles inland
Posted on 1/24/25 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 1/24/25 at 6:22 pm
These are sea birds. ( don’t really know what kind of gull) that are from the NC coast, now they are are in Charlotte NC.
Mountain island lake to be exact.
I suppose they come for the winter and head back out when it warms up but I don’t know.
Sea birds 150 miles in is obviously not a big deal in La. But there are very few wetlands in the Piedmont of NC.
There are some big man made lakes on the Catawba and Yadkin Rivers. But few wetlands.
What makes them come in? My first thought is sex and food. But wondering if weather is another thing.
My neighbor was duck hunting a says the ducks stay away from the gulls.
Mountain island lake to be exact.
I suppose they come for the winter and head back out when it warms up but I don’t know.
Sea birds 150 miles in is obviously not a big deal in La. But there are very few wetlands in the Piedmont of NC.
There are some big man made lakes on the Catawba and Yadkin Rivers. But few wetlands.
What makes them come in? My first thought is sex and food. But wondering if weather is another thing.
My neighbor was duck hunting a says the ducks stay away from the gulls.
This post was edited on 1/24/25 at 6:24 pm
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Posted on 1/24/25 at 6:37 pm to dstone12
Had plenty in North Dakota. Like a flying rat they would eat anything thrown on the ground. surprisingly big when up close
Posted on 1/24/25 at 6:39 pm to dstone12
They are everywhere on Pickwick Lake on the TN river which is way more than 150 miles.
I figure they migrate south from the Great Lakes.
I figure they migrate south from the Great Lakes.
Posted on 1/24/25 at 6:49 pm to bbvdd
They are everywhere here in Colorado, congregate on the lakes. Don’t know what brings them in but they obviously don’t give a shite about the ocean, they’ll go anywhere there’s food
Posted on 1/24/25 at 7:50 pm to bbvdd
I could be totally wrong about 150.
Maybe they are from the gulf of America.
I thought they were from Myrtle beach or so.
Maybe they are from the gulf of America.
I thought they were from Myrtle beach or so.
Posted on 1/24/25 at 8:11 pm to dstone12
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Sea Gulls 150 miles inland
Read about the Mormons and Seagulls in Utah.
[quote]LINK ]
Wiki Link. I know, Wiki, but still supposedly a true story.
ETA - Link goes to another link to click. Tried to fix.
I'll look for another.
This post was edited on 1/24/25 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 1/24/25 at 8:15 pm to dstone12
Great eating if you cook them right.
Posted on 1/25/25 at 7:42 am to dstone12
We live in a suburb of DFW and see Gulls in the park by our house at times, I always wonder why they are so far from the ocean.
Posted on 1/25/25 at 7:57 am to dstone12
They were mixing it up with cormorants out on the lake the other day chasing some kind of fish. 100 miles from the Gulf of America.
Posted on 1/25/25 at 8:54 am to dstone12
Inmates at Angola feed them on the yard
Posted on 1/25/25 at 11:26 am to Dirt Booger
So this is where they learnt that?
Posted on 1/25/25 at 2:08 pm to dstone12
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My neighbor was duck hunting a says the ducks stay away from the gulls
I didn’t know this until this week.The gulls run the ducks off. Watched them attack a merganser and a couple poule deau. Dropped a sprig and it was flopping around and they were hitting it like they were after shrimp. 900 miles inland btw.
Posted on 1/25/25 at 7:25 pm to dstone12
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What makes them come in? My first thought is sex and food. But wondering if weather is another thing.
Migrating.
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These are sea birds.
More like large bodies of water
Posted on 1/25/25 at 7:28 pm to dstone12
Nature tells them where to go.....and that's OK.
Posted on 1/26/25 at 12:23 am to dstone12
I remember seeing sky rats a couple years back at the Avery county dump. It was late June, if that helps the migratory theory or disproves it 
I was only slightly surprised, but that's probably just from living in Florida. You gotta try to get more than 60 miles from the coast, so they're everywhere easy food is.
I was only slightly surprised, but that's probably just from living in Florida. You gotta try to get more than 60 miles from the coast, so they're everywhere easy food is.
Posted on 1/26/25 at 10:24 am to dstone12
There are sea gulls all over the place. I see them on my home lake in East Texas and I've seen them on lakes in Wisconsin. I guess wherever there are fish........
Posted on 1/26/25 at 12:13 pm to TTU97NI
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Like a flying rat they would eat anything thrown on the ground.
Wonder what an alka seltzer would do if one ate it.
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