LEARN ABOUT GULLS FROM SAVE COASTAL WILDLIFE ORG

SAVE COASTAL WILD LIFE ORG : HAVE WE MISSED THE POINT ABOUT SEAGULLS? by Joseph Reynolds

EXCERPT: Gulls are extraordinary birds.  They are able to fly long distances and glide over the open ocean for hours in search of food.  Gulls can fly as fast as 28 MPH. They can even drink salty ocean water when thirsty  The birds have evolved to have a special pair of glands right above their eyes to flush the salt form their body through openings in their bill.  This enables a gull to spend several days forging for food atop salty ocean waters without needing to return to land just to get a drink of freshwater...

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Check out this interesting article!  Too often we forget that the birds we see around sea cliffs and beaches are part of the ocean ecology.