Brighton Birds (Herring Gulls)

[Colemans Left Hook]

as one thread closes so another opens

Timing is everything in life and I couldn't believe what i heard on the radio today. The research was published  on Wednesday

Their heading was "The Science of Chip Theft"    not pin and chip

anyhow I am saying nuffing -- no it isn't April 1st 

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/lifesci/newsandevents?id=61042

also

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0035

On the Radio they mentioned a student  sat on Brighton sea-front for two years watching two bags of chips

"Using colour to test the stimulus enhancement theory, the researchers positioned one blue crisp packet and one green crisp packet in the immediate vicinity of both individual and groups of herring gulls along Brighton’s seafront. Nearby, a human experimenter ate from a blue or green crisp packet. The researchers found that the gulls would turn their heads to watch the experimenter and, in most cases, then pecked at the matching crisp packet to attempt to find food. "

Update
Eagles can be even more dangerous than herring gulls

Just a warning to our folically challenged members  - as we all know

According to legend, the Greek playwright Aeschylus met a tragic death: one day, an eagle that had just caught a tortoise mistook Aeschylus's bald head for a shiny rock, and accidentally killed the author by dropping the animal onto him.

[Colin C No.3]

as one thread closes so another opens

Timing is everything in life and I couldn't believe what i heard on the radio today. The research was published  on Wednesday

Their heading was "The Science of Chip Theft"    not pin and chip

anyhow I am saying nuffing -- no it isn't April 1st 

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/lifesci/newsandevents?id=61042

also

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0035

On the Radio they mentioned a student  sat on Brighton sea-front for two years watching two bags of chips

"Using colour to test the stimulus enhancement theory, the researchers positioned one blue crisp packet and one green crisp packet in the immediate vicinity of both individual and groups of herring gulls along Brighton’s seafront. Nearby, a human experimenter ate from a blue or green crisp packet. The researchers found that the gulls would turn their heads to watch the experimenter and, in most cases, then pecked at the matching crisp packet to attempt to find food. "

Update
Eagles can be even more dangerous than herring gulls

Just a warning to our folically challenged members  - as we all know

According to legend, the Greek playwright Aeschylus met a tragic death: one day, an eagle that had just caught a tortoise mistook Aeschylus's bald head for a shiny rock, and accidentally killed the author by dropping the animal onto him.

To be fair, his head does look rock like in that photo.