I tossed half of a Funyon out the window while eating lunch in a parking lot the other day, and sure enough, from several hundred yards all the way across the lot several gulls came sweeping over to snatch it up. I was surprised that they could even see the small yellow crumb being tossed from that distance. But they can, and they were watching. That's what they do.
Then the crumbly remains of a whole bag of chips were carelessly tossed out of another passing car, igniting a frenzy...and for me a quick insight into the ruthless lives of parking lot seagulls....
The normally carefree animals are stirred into a calamitous battle for scraps, snatching from each other's mouths and displaying their normally angelic looking wings in threatening manners...
Suddenly the carefree gulls appear to become creatures best not messed with...
Harbingers of beach-side comforts from our perspective, but from theirs it's a daily dog eat dog, or Gull eat Funyon, life...
