| 单词 | gull |
| 例句 | Just then, twenty, thirty gulls rose from somewhere on the island coast and turned to face the sea breeze, screeching like broken promises. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The sea gulls come flapping in to sit on the cannery roofs to await the day of refuse. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They saw flocks of gulls, gossiping, bickering, bobbling on the waves, flying in noisy swarms. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Cunning and resourceful in adversity, he had nearly succeeded in hurting the gull when he leaped at him out of the close cover by the plank bridge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The gulls had disturbed his equilibrium, put him ill at ease. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Big gulls eat the eggs of little gulls,” he said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z A gull which had been following the ship screeched and flew over, banking on a wind eddy. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that a gull, which should have been far away at this time of year, was hanging round Efrafa and that he, Bigwig, had deliberately been near it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z You could imagine the Brown Pelican standing over the Black-Backed Gull at the moment when the gull most needed him and saying that maybe the sky won’t be lost after all. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But his plan to make use of the gull excited everyone and was seen as something that not even Blackberry could have hit upon. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes are trained on a gull wiggling a potato chip out from the wood slat bench. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I could be back in Holkham, with the screech of gulls in my ears and salt on my tongue and a ghost train passing on the rusted track half a mile away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the gull didn’t seem to notice him. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When he looked up a lone gull had perched arrogantly on the port gunnel ten feet away and to stern. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Forget about the gulls. How about the rest of it?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Around her, gulls screamed and pelicans flapped laboriously. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Kabuo stood on the edge of the hatch cover and washed gull droppings out the scupper holes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Along with everyone else except a few professional gulls such as Leper, I rejected anything which had the smallest possibility of doubt about it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited until the echo faded among the sounds of the sea gulls high overhead and tried again. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A gull on an invisible wire attached through space dragged. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The gull speared her arm, ripped at it, wrenched it loose from its hold. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There was a picture of a storm on the ocean and a sea gull being dashed through the air by the wind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Cole realized the gulls were fighting over bits of his own torn flesh. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Made of cast iron, the plowshare was shaped like a V, with the blade carving into the ground and the two arms arcing away like gull wings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then at about two in the afternoon we finally saw a bird, a gull. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We pointed out other things—the spring, the cave, a gull flying, the sun and the sky, Rontu asleep—trading the names for them and laughing because they were so different. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The gull was away several days—longer than the rabbits had expected. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Day and night, the wind whistling through the rigging and the mournful cries of gulls gave voice to my loneliness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Above our heads, gulls wheel and cry, unaware that the queen mother nearly drowned just a dozen yards below. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Ramo had the task of keeping the abalones safe from the gulls and especially the wild dogs. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z All day Rontu had been barking—at the cormorants, the gulls, the seals—at everything that moved. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z And the gulls flew inland too, driven by the weather. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Small, like a gull's out over the water. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Way up in the sky, along with the sea gulls, my kite, tugging up and up to catch the last gold flash of sun. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A beat-up gull swooped in and pecked at a cigarette filter. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the gulls squawked as it stole a stringy piece of meat and skin from another gull. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I wait for the gulls to quiet down. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A splash, a labored beating of wings, and Zerubabel was in a gull’s beak, its pale, pink shell already crushed, its tiny pincers loosely dangling. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z In the sky, I hear the call of gulls. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The gulls circled them like feathered halos, until Turner shipped his oars and let the swells carry him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The crew of the ship leant against the side throwing scraps to the gulls, while visitors in pleasure-boats rowed slowly round the ship. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The orange-red wood of the box had a scene etched into the top: a sailboat sailing past a lighthouse while gulls flew overhead. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Water, sails, blue sky and suspended gulls flashed by like an improbable postcard, and we were across. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z A gust of sound came with him from outside; the cries of gulls, a woman’s laughter, the voices of the fishmongers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then she could move her left arm away from the nest and go beyond the place where the gull would see her as a threat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was not the stranded ship that was sinister, nor the crying gulls, nor the thin black funnel pointing to the shore. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Lizzie waited for the gulls to return over the high ledge, but they didn’t. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Fishermen sometimes shot duck loads at them, but for the most part the gulls were given free rein on the docks; their gray white droppings stained everything. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A swarm of gulls took to the air with a great noise as the boat drifted toward the jetty. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Peering out, she could see the shadow of the parent gull, circling. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Tons of gulls are flying above our boat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z There were figures of pelicans floating in the water and flying, of dolphins, whales, sea elephants, gulls, ravens, dogs, and foxes. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Tinbergen is best known for his work with different kinds of sea gulls. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z There were gulls flying overhead and the heat shivered on the ground; it was a blazing day. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The gulls would then swoop down to the rocks and pick the meat from the broken shells. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The squawking of the gulls over the bay echoed like hollow laughter. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There’s a blue, too, in the curves of the palms, and the edges of the words we speak, a blue tinge to the sand and the seashells and the plump gulls on the beach. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Which we’d be able to see if we compared the puffins to the gull.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Colonel Ferredge has always reminded me of a sea gull. He doesn’t put much faith in psychiatry, you know.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I also found a young gull that had fallen from its nest to the beach below. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The words were a quiet punctuation to the larger sounds of the ocean and coast outside: gulls calling, the surf, the creak and shift of the wrecked ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The ship went through the bridge, moving under bare poles like a ghost in broad day, with three gulls hovering above the stern like toys on invisible wires. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The gulls whose tedious cries woke him each morning now thrilled him as they dipped and flapped across the sky. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Michelangelo, after a great space of cawing gulls, said, “I agree with you, Jeanne. A life is worth infinitely more than a book.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He tossed his spear at a passing gull. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z For this reason and because I wanted him to help me gather roots and not go running off, I said nothing about the shell I saw or the gull with folded wings. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The gulls scatter to the dock posts and wood pilings at the water’s edge. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In the far distance, he caught sight of the moored clipper ship, its sails glinting in sunlight, a white gull resting on a mirror sea. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z And around me everywhere the gulls were fishing for scallops, which were numerous that summer. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he was amid a flock of gulls while he swabbed the deck of the Islander. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Often when I watched him chasing gulls on the sandspit or on the reef barking at the otter, I forgot that he was not Rontu. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The gulls had mangled the fish, but big pink chunks of fresh meat still clung to the skeleton. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z After that, he counted fifty gulls—except they came almost all at once. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A gull had been circling us for hours. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig, however, remained with the gull, making no secret of his admiration, talking and listening to it for several hours. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A yacht knifed through the early morning water in a long, green V. Sea gulls, balsa-light, hovered on invisible currents above the river. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They scan the beach, illuminating shells and sleeping gulls, then focus on her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He was everywhere, he enjoyed himself hugely, he laughed out loud at passing sea gulls. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They floated awhile, then they began to grow, tiny gulls becoming boats again, a white armada cruising toward us. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The crew were still leaning over her side feeding the gulls and staring into the water. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The gulls shied a few feet, then returned to picking through the grass. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Herring gulls. Terns. Pipers. Plovers. Yellowlegs. I’m the custodian. The gamekeeper. No hunting allowed here.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Do you see how he’s left the space white and blank behind the gull? He doesn’t want anything to distract the eye from the outstretched wing.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He could feel them in his hands again while overhead the gulls flew tangents. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The gull kept flying backward and forward along the direct line to the bank, only alighting now and then to guide Bigwig toward some straggling doe whom he had spotted going the wrong way. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the gulls were pulling at his legs and shoulders with giant beaks, trying to lift him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Below me, Rontu was running along the cliff, barking at the screaming gulls. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z This mouse was his quarry, like a gull catching a herring or an owl catching a rabbit. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She stood, too, and together they watched the gulls riding the waves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z One of them was watching a flock of birds gulls, lifting and eddying and landing on the bridge railing beyond. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The hands were extended, slightly off the horizontal at a faint angle, like a gull tilting into the wind. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The gulls were still quiet, perched on their rocky nests. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In the old days on the island there were children to keep away the gulls, which would rather feast on abalones than anything else. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z With the complaining gulls circling overhead, Cole picked up the remains of the fish. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I point to one lone gull pecking the ground. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And looking out over the water, she called to God, her small voice carried up by the gulls to heaven. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched as one by one the gulls took to the air. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z A flock of gulls swoops down to the breakers, wings outspread, crying. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Lunch wraps took flight and wheeled in the air like gulls. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the morning the gulls flew out from their nests in the crevices of the cliff. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps I would see him at the docks, sketching a ship or sea gulls. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The most they saw that day was a school of silver pannies swimming south, but never a dolphin leapt nor did the flight of gull or murre or tern break the grey air. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Evening was advancing toward the island; the sounds of the bright fantastic birds, the bee-sounds, even the crying of the gulls that were returning to their roosts among the square rocks, were fainter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The shadow of the gull had stopped passing over the opening. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mostly he drifted, though once he rowed inshore a ways to a spot where gulls were screeching and diving and trying to lift themselves back up into the air. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A gull is pecking at the dirt, scouting for leftover graham cracker crumbs. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The gulls rode its back as if for a joke, calling now and again to each other, but mostly just riding the waves up and down, then up and down again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z And the raft floated away, the sounds of the singing faded, and the gulls swooped and screeched as if they were announcing a death in the town. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Dominican gulls sailed up the black peaks, disappearing into the fog. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z A bold sea bird, it resembled its close relative the gull, but was not a fisher. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly she remembers her great-aunt’s hands floating on a white surf of keys, overlapping like gulls in the air. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the wharf was the sea and the rocky islands where gulls nested. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “How do you think that gull learned to swim like that?” he asked Lizzie. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I looked back at the eye of the dying gull, who knew that everything was ruined forever, because that's how it always is. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Still there were scallops that the gulls could reach, and taking them in their beaks they would fly far above the reef and let them drop. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the moment passed, and full and sudden he laughed louder than the calling gulls. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The waves splashed up on our clothes, and the sea gulls flew in circles overhead, calling in one great choms, as if they were glad to see us. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He rushed toward the gulls, hollering and swinging his arms until the strutting scavengers abandoned their find. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Everything that I saw—the otter playing in the kelp, the rings of foam around the rocks that guarded the harbor, the gulls flying, the tides moving past the sandspit—filled me with happiness. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The gulls glided back around, all together, all yawing their wings to the drafts that brought them low to the water. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z We watched until the boats became a row of tiny white gulls on the horizon. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The gulls wheeled overhead, mewing like hungry cats; some of them settled on the ledges of the cliff, while others, bolder, rode the surface of the water beside the ship. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There had seemed nothing on the island that would set anyone but a gull to wishing that he could live there. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z But he felt the sea breeze rolling beside him, arid he heard the rising of the gulls, and he felt the fire in his hands again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The gulls on their wooden stilts at the tip of the bar miaowed like cats. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Among these living carriers were fish that had hatched nine months after the last DDD application, grebes, and California gulls that had built up concentrations of more than 2000 parts per million. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z From the water came the cries of gulls. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The gulls are starting to edge closer now. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z At first the gull’s principal hardship was lack of water. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The morning was quiet except for the noise of the little birds flying from bush to bush and the cries of the gulls who did not like these strangers. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ice Court loomed over the harbor, perched on the cliff like a sullen gull with feathers ruffled, its white stone walls lit from below, glowing against the night sky. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A great noise as of sea gulls rose behind him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Two sea gulls dive for it but surface with empty beaks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z With the young birds and the old ones, the white gull and Rontu, who was always trotting at my heels, the yard seemed a happy place. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Chervil looked after the flying gull and then turned to Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And when he came down to the beach, the tide was up and the gulls were circling, and the New Meadows flowed so high and strong that there was almost no beach to stand on. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z They were as tall as I, with long arms and legs and short bodies made of reeds and clothed in gull feathers. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He spread his arms wide against the ocean sounds: the rush of the waves, the manic giggles of the gulls, the sighing of the sea breeze against the granite. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Felt the roar of a shotgun blast flash into the night, a white explosion almost in his face that startled the sleeping gulls up into the air. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She watches as two gulls circle a pier, rotating a wheel of air. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of the gulls wheeling and squawking wildly caught David’s attention, snapped him out of it, and he shook his head again, stood. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterwards he went for a walk along the beach, admiring the gulls who flew above him like white quill pens whose heads had been neatly dipped in ink. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z High above the ramparts, gulls course through an open sky. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z From time to time the guards waved their spears to chase away the kestrels, gulls, and carrion crows paying court to the deceased. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I looked back to a ferry passing the Statue of Liberty now, its backwash a curving line upon the bay and three gulls swooping down behind it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was pearl gray and white winged, a young herring gull with a wide, flaring breast, and it seemed to be watching him, too. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Blood was on the beak of this one and white feathers stuck to the claws of another, and no gull skimmed beyond them over the pallid sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z They were all three quiet for a time, and they could hear the screeching of the Tripps, or maybe it was the gulls. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The gull was strutting from side to side with short, quick steps and pecking impatiently in the long grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want you to work on this gull now,” he said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Sandpipers ran along the beach; gulls screamed and looped through the air. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure listens to the house timbers creak and the gulls cry and the gentle roar breaking against the window. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I just watch the gulls dive for the surf, screeching. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z No gulls or grackles, no birds at all, not even a parrot. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z We walked along beside the lake and saw the swans and the many gulls and terns that flew up when you came close and screamed while they looked down at the water. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The gulls beat up into the air, speckling the shore with their shadows; Sheriff Elwell watched them, and when he turned back, he saw that Reverend Griffin had not moved. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Only the occasional bleat of the gull gave me a picture of that bird, for I had heard and seen them many times around the sea wall in Willemstad. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z No gull could long outmatch that heavy speed. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z After she had bestowed her veil, the nereid dove like a gull to windward where a dark waveside closed over her whiteness. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Back along the shore, gulls soared through the mist above the docks, and down, so far below that it made me dizzy, crowds were moving. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The gull’s savagery and suspicion had been due partly to pain and partly to the unnerving knowledge that it had no companions and could not fly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He would not hear of the gull going out to forage. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the late blue light, he can watch the people in the streets below, hurrying home, and sometimes gulls soar past, white against the dark. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I’d never heard him laugh in my life and here he was shrieking like a gull over garbage about something that was just plain insulting. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The gulls no longer wheeled overhead, they had settled on the water a little distance from the ship. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Turner sidled his front leg a little to the right and watched the ball come, hearing again the crying gulls and the cresting waves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He remembered Soldier Island as a boy...Smelly sort of rock covered with gulls—stood about a mile from the coast. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Snowy gulls hover with wings spread, low enough to touch. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In their company I attended grainy black-and-white movies in which ponderous, turtlenecked men slogged the stony beaches, cursing the gulls for their ability to fly. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Some gulls, for example, become really excited if they see a giant egg. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The gold was soon heaped so high, a man might not see over it to where the sun slipped into a sea flecked with black and white birds, the gulls that had followed them home. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z White strings of gulls drag over it like beads. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Blue days, as they sprinted against the sea breeze and chased the gulls until Turner finally, finally, finally touched a tail feather. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Dolphins sit there, and gulls, and cormorants, and otter, and whales too, but not clouds.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then the flock of gulls appeared again overhead, calling and calling, as if searching for lost souls. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z All around them the quiet noises of the afternoon hung in the warm air: the endless trickling sucking of the marsh, the scraping of insects, the calling of gulls. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Those who harmed seagulls risked the wrath of ship ghosts, for gulls were inhabited by the spirits of men who had been lost at sea in accidents. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The attack: of the gull had consumed precious time, and when she reached the steps that would be the final climb, dusk had come. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Laughter from the group, louder than the gulls. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z But it was soft and clear and much sweeter than the cries of the gulls or the crows or the talk of the pelicans, which sounds like the quarreling of toothless old men. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned away and found a perch on a pylon where a herring gull had been keeping watch but was now down among the baitfish, guzzling its lunch. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Easy as a gull oared by her wings the ship went now, and the noise and hurlyburly of the City fell away suddenly behind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He watched the gulls, so fierce and beautiful, fighting and screaming among the ships. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked by the side of the Mill Pond, which smelled of rotting weeds and fish, gulls clustering above it, screeching at the sea-winds, their cries punctuated by the detonation of artillery. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A gull wheeled overhead as she made her way down the hill toward Flea Bottom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A group of gulls had settled on the water and were crying foolishly, hoping for scraps. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I took down the shells I had put up to scare the gulls and tossed them and the abalones over the cliff. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Another successful attack from the black-backed gull would bring about her death. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Scallops fell on the reef like rain, which amused me, but not Rontu who could not understand what the gulls were doing. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A gull poised himself high in the air, silent and alone, and then spread his wings wide and swooped beyond the lawns to the woods and the Happy Valley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I gathered gull eggs on the cliff and Ramo speared a string of small fish in one of the tide pools. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when I knew for sure that the gull was a ship with two red sails. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything is quiet except the sound of gulls squawking overhead and wind rattling a window somewhere. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I cried when I saw him bandaged in white, his arms taut in midair like a sea gull. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I pictured him making supper for the gulls. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The first thing he noticed was that the gull’s head was molting and turning white, though a dark brown patch remained behind each eye. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When he put off and motored for the docks the gulls followed on high with their breasts opened to the wind. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z From the sky, its black wings folded tightly against it, the parent gull, summoned by its young, dove at her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She watched it, and the chicks, falling for a moment, and the enormous gull swooping toward it and shrieking. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Laying his ears flat in the fanned draft, he stared up at Kehaar as the gull rose, rather heavily, into the air. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it grew larger and was a gull with folded wings. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “God took him in His two hands and threw him out there and got him all wet and told him he should stay put. And gulls are still squawking about it.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z After that I had little trouble with the gulls. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Richard Bach is best known for "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," a tale published in 1970 of a gull seeking to rise above the conventions of his flock. Injured author Richard Bach in 'sort of a daze,' son says 2012-09-10T03:24:04Z Then they chase away the gulls, and you whistle them back.” Collies help keep bird poop off the beach Hungry diners are forced to eat standing up against the wall, or else a gull will swoop down for a slab of cod. Exploring Scotland’s majestic Isle of Skye 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z When the score switched to waves and sea gulls, it was as if the setting had shifted from a disco to beachfront property. Critic’s Notebook: Trespassing on the Proving Ground of the Next Generation 2013-07-28T21:30:12Z Not to mention the sea gulls in at least one song, “Heartlines.” New Music by Florence and the Machine and Meshell Ndegeocello 2011-11-07T22:33:38Z What follows is a gorgeous study of a life lived among herons and gulls and the occasional human who treats her decently. From a Marsh to a Mountain, Crime Fiction Heads Outdoors 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z There are hundreds of species: egrets, gulls, vultures, falcons, red knots, hawks, albatrosses, eagles, skuas, red plovers and several species that don’t exist anywhere else in the world. Bahia Bustamante: Argentina?s Secret (and Private) Answer to the Galapagos 2011-03-04T19:59:37Z A fuzzy, freckled gull chick emerged from a bayberry bush, stared curiously at me as if it had spotted a Martian, and then waddled back to its hiding place. Where the Crowds Are Gulls and Crabs 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z But all I heard were the jeering laughs of gulls. Blond hedgehogs, and more alluring strangeness of the Channel Islands 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Jane planned to document its decay and dismemberment, expecting the gulls to strip its blubber by day and the foxes to take its guts at night. The lasting testament of Jane Alexander 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Though I still wasn’t hearing any truly Alpine echoes, the hoots, bleats and squawks conjured a pleasantly confusing world of birdcalls in which sea gulls seemed to be especially well represented. In Make Music Winter, Critics Find Their Inner Yodelers and Pilgrims 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z One day, Mariano saw “a Bonaparte’s gull mixed in with probably forty American avocets,” he said. “Richest Hill,” a Must-Listen Podcast About Butte, Montana 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z More menace, but no less wonder at phenomena like “the ardent live oak,” or the raging sea gulls, “all of them mothers.” Lauren Groff Reveals the Stormy Side of the Sunshine State 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Our pace was slow enough to enjoy watching flocks of gulls, plovers, spoonbills and more birds feed on the vast mud flats. Each summer, theater fans descend on an unspoiled Dutch island 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Walking around the Ghetto, I felt like the witness to a crime when I stumbled upon a sea gull as big as a Labrador stabbing its beak into a pile of garbage bags. My Rome: Still a Classic Beauty 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z As the audience enters the theater, scene-setting words run across a wide rectangular screen at the back of the stage: “Sound of fans and gulls, traffic and sea.” Review: A Choreographer in Conversation With James Joyce 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z “Do you think gulls are descended from Romans, Fraser? They seem terribly confident.” He promised his son Rome. Would it deliver? 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z An assortment of fascinating sounds, including simultaneous strummed pizzicati with both hands and double-stops that mimicked sea gull cries, the piece never quite materialized into a compelling narrative. Review | Young Concert Artists presents local debut of a rising duo at the Kennedy Center 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z People who do not know the Bible well have been gulled into thinking it is a good guide to morality. Why I want all our children to read the King James Bible 2012-05-19T20:30:01Z Or to provide a line of defense for cinematography drones against territorial sea gulls. How to Make It in America as a Professional Falconer 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z To which might be added: Zen poetry, classical, modern and contemporary painting and sculpture, domestic pottery, driving cars, humming birds, gulls and reptiles, eclipses of the sun and moon. John Hoyland obituary 2011-08-01T19:14:31Z “People running, playing sports, the waves moving and the sea gulls flying — there’s a lot of movement,” said Sasha Okshteyn, the founder and curator of the series, now in its second year. In the Rockaways, Dancing by the Surf and Sand 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z I detected gannets, various gulls and terns, but sadly no puffins, those garishly beaked beauties of the North Atlantic. The wild beauty of Scotland’s Western Isles 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Eight ring-billed gulls circled and screeched while we packed the boats two hours later and headed out to sea again. On a Bahamas Sail, 8 Friends Get a Taste of Robinson Crusoe 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z She contrasts close description of its ravages with the “strange intimation which every gull, flower, tree, man and woman, and the white earth itself seemed to declare … that good triumphs, happiness prevails, order rules.” Trying to Imagine Post-Pandemic Life? Virginia Woolf and Toni Morrison Can Help. 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z EstuaryMelancholy and gulls and eels and Great Expectations – artists including Simon Roberts and Andrew Kötting head to where the Thames meets the sea.• Medieval master Simone Martini comes to London – the week in art 2013-05-17T15:40:31Z Other than a few buoys and the occasional gull, the water was calm and empty — a vast, gray expanse leading to pine-topped islands in the distance. Sea Scallops Farmed in Maine Aren’t Just Sustainable. They’re Helping Their Habitat. 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z One was home to a little girl in my son’s kindergarten class; we let the children run wild on the docks, screaming with the sea gulls. The End of the Long-Distance Marriage 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z In this unassuming Sonoma County fishing village and tourism town, the gulls do seem to fly about with more menace and authority. Fun day trips await across the Golden Gate Bridge in Northern California 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z It resembles a welded assemblage by David Smith, but has three sea gulls perched on it, one upside down. What Not to Miss at the Armory Show at the Piers 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Almost immediately after Melanie arrives in the town, she is attacked by a sea gull, sparking a chain of horrific bird attacks that turn deadly. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘In My Skin’ and ‘The Birds’ 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z She said she hoped to visit Husavik as soon as the pandemic is over to see the mountains, Northern Lights and sea gulls described in the song’s lyrics. A Tiny Icelandic Town Campaigns for the Oscars 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Sometimes, as they lingered in a position, gradually lowering an arm or bending to the side, a sea gull flew past the glinting sun, dipping and then rising before disappearing into the horizon. Flying High at the Beach: Birds, Dancers, Michelson and Merce 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z This neatly encapsulates the postmodern fascination with the ersatz and the phony, suggesting there is no authentic reality, but merely a succession of imitations designed to gull us into believing in them. Forged: Why Fakes Are the Great Art of Our Age by Jonathon Keats – review 2013-06-28T07:00:00Z Suddenly, a gull catches a fish that is too big to swallow, and he or she must spit it out. Orphic Paris, Part XVI 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z That surprises visitors — that particular shade, like the blue of airmail envelopes, as well as the sea gulls, ships and churning tides. From Chicago to Mackinac Island, a Tour of Lake Michigan 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z And then there is the port itself — the heart of it all — where, beyond the signs touting $4.99-a-pound lobster and whoopie pies, fishermen unload their day’s haul beneath a cloud of sea gulls. Choice Tables: Portland, Me.: Locavore in Menu and Décor 2013-08-29T19:13:32Z Hamburger is Turkington’s litmus test of the monstrosities that people can be gulled into laughing at, or laughing off; far from perpetuating the ugly ideas that Hamburger voices, Turkington gave fair warning about their prevalence. What to Stream This Weekend: How to Find Good Movies on Netflix 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Could they use their keen herding abilities and intense gazes to scare off the offending gulls and lower bacteria levels at the beach? Collies help keep bird poop off the beach But the hundreds of razorbills and kittiwakes perched on top didn’t seem to mind, nor did the herring gulls that set up home on the most precipitous of rock ledges. Cruising the North Sea’s wild — and sometimes vanishing — Farne Islands 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z And then we stopped that look, and for all I know the gulls stopped coming. Memories of Mexico 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z On July 29, on the last weekend of the season, fishers lined up in the sun under a noisy tangle of gulls. Free Alaskan Salmon: Just Bring a Net and Expect a Crowd 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Cropper went to a Memphis studio known for producing jingles and recorded sound effects of sea gulls and ocean waves. A low-key Memphis guitar legend builds on musical legacy 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Otherwise she recommends that her students "go to the North sea and throw your voice off the cliffs with the gulls – you'll feel much better afterwards". Berlin is alive with the sound of urban yodelling 2013-02-08T11:38:13Z Nearby, brooding brown eiders dozed on their nests, the ducks almost merging into the heath, and black-headed gulls looked on languidly from their ground nests. Cruising the North Sea’s wild — and sometimes vanishing — Farne Islands 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z You hear the cries of hungry gulls, and sense the animal’s stink. A Bold Explorer Surfaces in ‘Wandering Lake’ 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z These are the bay’s beloved kittiwakes, small gulls that nest in the cliff’s crags in warm months. Kayak the Alaskan glaciers of Blackstone Bay while they’re still here 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z As you cross, the noises and bustle of the city fade away, replaced by the caws of sea gulls. Europe, in 9 Walks 2013-04-19T14:51:25Z Other works incorporate images from “The Birds” including a depiction of the actress Suzanne Pleshette, sprawled face up on a porch after being mauled by marauding gulls, and are openly horrific. Up Close: Tale of a Fateful Trip 2011-04-13T20:14:54Z “Sometimes we’ll have to whip up something on the fly, like an origami hat for a sea gull. It’s a little crafty, never stagnant and constantly evolving.” ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ Is Back, Silly Smarts Intact 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z During this “magic hour,” a time for feeding, gannets, gulls, pelicans and terns plunge-dive into the fishy sea, as plovers and sandpipers glean tidal flats. An Untamed Island Meets Its Match 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z We were flying through the salt air as sea gulls veered overhead. 4,000 Miles, Seven Countries: An African Adventure on Two Wheels 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z On the ferry pulling away from the island and heading back to busy freeways and life’s demands, porpoises surfacing nearby and gulls flying overhead, you realize that it is. Catalina Island, Ready for Its Face-Lift 2010-05-13T21:56:00Z A line of sea gulls hovers above a red-gold ribbon of a sunset on the horizon, signaling the distant promise of spring. Movie Review: ‘Fairhaven,’ With Tom O’Brien, Chris Messina, Sarah Paulson 2013-01-10T22:41:32Z “If fate was just a tapestry with a shifting design — some fraying skein that the gulls were tearing right this second — then Nal didn’t see why he couldn’t also find a loose thread, and pull.” ‘Vampires in the Lemon Grove’: the real lives of vampires, monsters and bullies 2013-02-28T00:07:34Z Waves broke against the sandy beach below, and cormorants and gulls called into the wind. Betting on a shore thing: Four megaship veterans try cruising on a smaller scale 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Every morning, when the gulls came, for the next year or so, we would look into each other’s eyes, confirming the happiness and gratitude we felt, too fearful to actually say it out loud. Memories of Mexico 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z As a sort of trap, the boy had hooked a mussel shell that a hovering gull mistook for food. My Summer Waiting Tables at the Writers’ Retreat 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z A Chimney Swift herring gull, great egret and red-tailed hawk fly overhead, too many turtles to count swim below and Belvedere Castle frames the picture-postcard scene. Birders find an oasis awaits in Manhattan’s concrete jungle 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Birds of the North Sea vary in size and shape from large herring gulls to tiny terns. Cruising the North Sea’s wild — and sometimes vanishing — Farne Islands 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z There was a bustling marina where gangs of seals and gulls were awaiting the next tuna boat. In search of the funkiest little town in America 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Behind every birder is a library — a privately curated collection of dozens — even hundreds — of volumes, including field guides, bird-finding guides and specialized monographs on specific groups like warblers, sparrows or gulls. The Passion and Peril of Birding 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The interior cage holds a single, flightless bird, with a gull’s hooked beak and a raptor’s talons, standing on a patch of freshly sown wheat. Art Review: Jane Alexander’s Work at St. John the Divine 2013-04-25T20:34:53Z “When I first got out here, this beach was just full of sea gulls,” Mr. Skudin said. Learning to Surf in Queens 2012-07-19T21:23:08Z Border collies, she said, “are perfect for this because they resemble coyotes, the gulls’ only real natural predator. Collies help keep bird poop off the beach In fact, it’s the gift of that sea gull that is suddenly holding everything else together: stripes and little orange splots and pictures of elephants and pretty girls. Motherlode Blog: The New Reader’s Back-to-School Booklist 2013-08-21T13:56:02Z I’ve always lived near the sea and the squawks and thumps of the gulls have been a constant. T Magazine: The Writer’s Room 2014-02-14T17:37:13Z The gulls came with an enormous clapping and calling, a staccato swift flapping up the river, then a swoop back down, dispersing out to sea, calling calling, “Wake up, all is well.” Memories of Mexico 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z On the western coast, mixes may be prepared with sea gull eggs. In Alaska’s Far-Flung Villages, Happiness Is a Cake Mix 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Wildlife enthusiasts can master the secrets of raising butterflies, keeping bees, deciphering bird calls, identifying gull species and mixing hummingbird nectar. Earth Day’s Gone Digital. Here’s Where to Find It. 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z They come in search of watch-listed species like the Western snowy plover, long-billed curlew, Franklin’s gull and Brewer’s sparrow, along with hundreds of other more common species like the white-faced ibis. Angry Birders: Standoff at Oregon Refuge Has Riled a Passionate Group 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z The 300-passenger, 82-foot Harbor Queen embarked from Fisherman’s Wharf, where the smell of fried food and the scream of gulls greeted the 90 of us on the noon sailing. 3 Day-Cruises Worth the Trip 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z A gull flew by, very close, black feathers in the crook of its wings. Wilderness by Sarah Hall 2013-03-18T13:22:56Z Just like the herring gull a century ago, contemporary nature writing is migrating into cities, albeit with publishing trends as much as evolution forcing the pace. Field Notes from a Hidden City: An Urban Nature Diary by Esther Woolfson – review 2013-03-15T17:42:01Z Bass gorging on the bait fish at the surface roil the waters, and the gulls and terns carry out a simultaneous air assault, diving on the scraps. Bass Fishing Time at Montauk Lighthouse 2011-10-13T12:01:27Z On Alcatraz’ west side, in the inmate garden, cormorants, snowy egrets and Western gulls now nest. On Alcatraz, the island’s prison gardens are in full flower 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Environmental Protection Agency to find new ways to control a surging population of gulls that gather on the shores of the Great Lakes. Collies help keep bird poop off the beach I walk along the Seine, where I sit on a concrete bench and watch the gulls ride up and down on the wind. Orphic Paris, Part XVI 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z He’s as adept at wooing Marian as he is at gulling the townfolk. ‘Music Man’: Good times in River City 2013-02-15T22:22:43Z The bad-dream birthday party with angry gulls in the tykes’ hair. Hitchcock’s ‘Birds’ and the real birds of California’s Bodega Bay 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z It’s also when the sea gulls know it’s prime time to hunt for trash. At Rockaway, Dancing for the Sea, the Sky, the Sand and the Birds 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z “They had all these sea gulls — by now very angry — in a kind of box,” Mr. Taylor told an Australian interviewer in 1998. Rod Taylor, virile leading man of action films and thrillers, dies at 84 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z And yes, it feels good to breathe the sea air and watch the gulls cross the lighthouse at the tip of the breakwater. Maine, One Coffee Roaster at a Time 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z The gulls made makeshift nests from withered beach grass. In Massachusetts, a seacoast city that feels like home 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Still, they rely on gull eggs, seal oil, berries, caribou and whale, among other foods, to feed their family. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z But new research has recognized border collies for their ability to chase off gulls that foul beach water and sand with their droppings. Collies help keep bird poop off the beach These, I understand, are Mediterranean gulls, driven by southern European poverty to live in the Thames Estuary. Eddie Peake: from naked football to giant giraffes 2013-05-09T16:51:49Z The breeze whispered on my cheeks, and I heard the calls of gulls feeding at narrow channels. Shattered by childbirth 2014-03-16T00:00:00Z We drew a small crowd of local spectators: Workmen, sea gulls and neighborhood mongrels watched quizzically as we tried on life jackets and adjusted our kayaks’ seats and rudders. Want to See the Wild Side of Cuba? Try a Kayak 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z I steered with all the grace of a drunken gull. Virginia’s Eastern Shore: A natural fit for summer An inspired minimalism in the tricky last scene, in which Nina has to flap on as a gull, shows desolate Konstantin looking at the world outside – a chandelier and spectral figures – through gauze. The Effect; The Seagull; The Trojan Women – review 2012-11-18T00:06:26Z What he heard was, of course, real gulls squawking outside in the quiet of a morning. Hitchcock’s ‘Birds’ and the real birds of California’s Bodega Bay 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z To the north: the snow-capped Garibaldi Highlands, their timbered slopes plunging into a cobalt ocean, gulls crying above the still fish-filled waves. My Vancouver: An Ever-Unfolding Story 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z I put one foot in front of the other, sometimes for hours, the Faro lighthouse sending its blinding beam into the sea, the cries of the gulls, like my grief, inelegant and ancient. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z On vacation as a kid, he remembers using an air gun to shoot a sea gull in flight; he saw the bullet make impact, but the bird didn’t fall. In ‘The Innocents,’ Kids Behaving Deadly 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z These are the size of a woman’s purse and should not be eaten raw unless you are a sea gull. Summer Vacation: Goodbye Restaurants, Hello Kitchen 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Simons, who called “Jaws” a “masterpiece” in post-show interviews after being swarmed by his celebrity guests as if they were sea gulls going after a crust of bread, didn’t have an answer. Calvin Klein’s Style Sharknado 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Inspired by Hart Crane's poem The Bridge, the piece evokes all the conflicting energies of America, with a soaring trumpet solo that captures Crane's image of a gull wheeling over Brooklyn Bridge. Elliott Carter 2012-11-06T03:26:13Z The views over the Atlantic were endless, and gulls and gannets soared and dived, their cries echoing with either anguished loneliness or triumphant salvation, possibly a bit of both. ‘Star Wars’ Fever Extends to an Ancient Irish Island 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z We, the audience, have been gulled into "believing" in a singer performing his or her own songs. Don't knock The X Factor, Elton 2010-10-19T13:05:00Z Touched, I strolled around, admiring sea gulls plucking at the old stone high up near the golden dome of the baroque cathedral. In Spain’s Andalusia region, discovering tuna and sherry and a kinship with the Phoenicians Sleek black loons, herring gulls, harlequin ducks and oldsquaw dive at the fish on the surface, and eagles, falcons, terns and plovers glide above. From Montreal to Minnesota, by Inland Sea 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z I'm content as Kavanagh with his few acres;for my heart to be torn to shreds like the sea's lace,to see how its wings catch colour when a gull lifts. White Egrets by Derek Walcott 2011-01-24T10:56:38Z Josh Engel, a research assistant at the Field Museum, said the Quincy gull likely flew down from northern Canada and followed the Great Lakes into Illinois. Bird enthusiasts flock to Quincy to see rare ivory gull 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Move to Aberdeen, as I did recently, and you will assume the herring gull is as Aberdonian as granite and haar. Field Notes from a Hidden City: An Urban Nature Diary by Esther Woolfson – review 2013-03-15T17:42:01Z The pines and leafless maples drip over paths, into the waterfall, into the stream and pond where herring and black-headed gulls drift serenely among the mallards. Esther Woolfson's urban nature diary 2013-02-01T10:00:02Z Bald eagles and sea gulls fly overhead, whales occasionally spout offshore, and emerald-green sea urchins populate the rocky pools revealed at low tide. These Are America's Prettiest Beach Campsites 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Hundreds of gulls cry overhead, diving to feast on entrails. Free Alaskan Salmon: Just Bring a Net and Expect a Crowd 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z "Besides, no one wants to be killed by a sea gull." The 'Impossible' risks taken by high-flying Tom Cruise 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z There are more birds now, common terns and healthier sea gulls. A Tomato Grows in the East River 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z “And like a flock of sea gulls after the notes session, the company came in and put a Valium in my throat — and then left the room!” Patti LuPone Was a Constant. The Other Ingredients Never Cooked. 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Thunder cracks, dogs bark, sea gulls scream throughout the record as Banks delivers a virtual one-woman showcase of both her verbal ability and taste in producers. Azealia Banks' 'Broke With Expensive Taste' worth the lengthy wait 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z And on this day, kids galloped past me and rolled down the 300-foot dune, their squeals as high-pitched as the cries of the herring gulls overhead. Sahara-Level Sand Dunes, Mediterranean-Blue Water: Welcome to Michigan 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Here, the only wings were those of gulls. Mark Morris Dance Group Debuts ‘Water’ in Its Element 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Other microphones capture foghorns, sea gulls and breaking waves, while fiber-optic cables and a microwave transmitter channel the symphony into a room at Fort Point. Art Show Celebrates 75 Years of the Golden Gate 2012-06-10T04:27:04Z The Milwaukee Art Museum is an amazing place, not just because of the Santiago Calatrava-designed building, complete with gull wings. Your summer to-do list 2011-05-19T21:18:17Z As Nick stares out the window, thinking of Charlie, a simple pair of animated sea gulls is reflected in the car window, another motif from the graphic novels. ‘Heartstopper’ Is a TV Love Story With the Soul of a Comic 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z “I remember walking around that day and going to bed that night thinking that this sea gull was dying slowly in agony somewhere because of me,” he said. In ‘The Innocents,’ Kids Behaving Deadly 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z A crab croons, a gull raps, a sea witch swells to Stay Puft proportions: This is not supposed to be a serious event. ‘The Little Mermaid’ Review: The Renovations Are Only Skin Deep 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Religiosity is merely a disguise he dons to gull Wiley’s Orgon, a rich old man who, with little morality of his own, is especially susceptible to the appearance of morality in others. Review: When ‘Tartuffe’ Meets Trump, It’s Revolutionary 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z The diction was very poor, the gulling scenes rather disappointing for exactly the reasons Michael Billington outlines, and the whole thing could do with some serious cutting. Reader reviews: your take on Much Ado about Nothing and Danny Boyle's Olympic ceremony 2012-08-03T17:33:40Z They chase the gulls but don’t catch them or kill them. Collies help keep bird poop off the beach The ivory gull was first spotted Friday along the Mississippi River. Bird enthusiasts flock to Quincy to see rare ivory gull 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z And the two golden sea gulls fixed to the wall. Review | In new show, photographer Deana Lawson explores black lives, black loves 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The 1950s-style cabins are perched right on the side of the mountain with nothing between you and the great Pacific but a few sea gulls and a picket fence. Unplugged Along the California Coast 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z To watch the sea lions darting around the pool, I climbed the stairs to the stadium seating, where the only other spectator was a sea gull. In Chicago, the tourist experience is a mix of the familiar and the foreign 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z May's writing, in this first of a trilogy, is pitch-perfect — so vivid that you can practically hear the gulls' screeches and smell the sea wrack on the shore. New crime fiction: a trio of 'tartan noir' mysteries 2012-11-07T23:14:04Z Goose Island is closed for recreation in the summer to allow gulls, who do not eat many fish and are also projected same as terns, to nest. Goose Island bird research looks at bird predation on millions of young salmon 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z A lone sea gull wheeled against a powder blue sky as the waves crashed, dissolving all sense of time. Morocco, From Coast to Desert 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z It portrayed Mr. Gould as a party crasher who imitated sea gulls and was working on an encyclopedia of overheard conversations. Augusta Savage’s Rural Escape and Clementine Hunter’s Murals 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Michael Retter, an editor at Birder's Guide magazine, who is originally from Illinois, drove more than 12 hours from Forth Worth with his partner to see the gull. Bird enthusiasts flock to Quincy to see rare ivory gull 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Out on the water, his passenger’s neuronal activity resolved into a pleasing if possibly illusory tableau of blue sky, gentle breeze and cawing sea gulls. Daniel Dennett, Author of ‘Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking’ 2013-04-29T21:49:23Z Others are as cryptically revealing as a BuzzFeed personality quiz: “Are you a giraffe or a sea gull?” ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2, Episode 11: The Dark Room 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Mr. McKay’s four children and their spouses stood by him while wrangling his grandchildren, none of over age 3, into listening to Father O’Donovan’s homily as sea gulls squawked in the background. After Scandal and Divorce, Jenny Sanford Learns She Can Love Again 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z In compensation we get moments of surprising lyricism: the Ethiopians, “who live between the sunset and the dawn”; a sea gull “wetting its whirring wings”; seals whose “breath smells sour / from gray seawater.” A Version of Homer That Dares to Match Him Line for Line 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z The daughter was a teacher in Princeton, and the first day of school hovered like the gulls overhead. In Wildwood, my final summertime fling The researchers counted gulls and measured bacteria levels to conclude that border collies were highly effective at warding off the birds from beaches. Collies help keep bird poop off the beach The avian symbol has been changed from a sea gull to a bald eagle. ‘Days and Nights,’ an Update of Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Near our weather-beaten stage plopped on a little beach between the Provincetown Inn and the breakwater, actual sea gulls punctuated the prerecorded soundscape, making the sound design one with nature. Missing Theater Under the Stars (Even the Bugs and the Rain) 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z In the relative mildness, the outer petals extended like the wings of a gull to reveal the “inners.” The mysterious appeal of the dainty snowdrop 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The meal will be messy, to the delight of the gulls — and a lobster roll is a less sloppy alternative. The Magic of Swimming on Martha’s Vineyard 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z But Microsoft’s reputation took a hit from the public’s view of its bare-knuckle tactics and its efforts to gull the court with allegedly falsified evidence. Column: Google's dominance affects us all. Why is its trial being held in secret? 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z At about 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, the gull collision happened, shattering the windshield. Pilot safely lands news helicopter after seagull breaks through windshield and hits him in the face 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z "Exactly how the beetle made it out to the island is a bit of a mystery, but it's possible they were brought by gulls carrying scavenged remains," said Ms Morgan. Rare 'skin eating beetle' found on Flat Holm Island 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Notwithstanding Lewis’ churlish dismissal, the truth is that millions of innocent people, many of them small investors gulled by narratives like Bankman-Fried’s, have lost their life savings in cryptocurrency scams. Column: In Michael Lewis, Sam Bankman-Fried found his last and most willing victim 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z In a May paper in Science of the Total Environment, for example, Bonnedahl and collaborators reported on sampling done in gulls strolling in a Swedish park and at a nearby wastewater plant. Changing bird migrations threaten to bring new infectious diseases to humans 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z This year the figure is just more than half that, but different species like large gulls were hit harder. Farne Islands: Plea for action after 3,500 seabirds die of bird flu 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Because of the angle at which the gull hit the chopper and the speed of the craft, the collision shattered the vehicle’s glass and forced an immediate emergency landing. Pilot safely lands news helicopter after seagull breaks through windshield and hits him in the face 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z And if you think about it, other Proud Boys argued, they were all victims — gulled, like tens of millions, by a con artist of a president. What we could all learn from the Proud Boys trials 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife staff have removed over 1,700 dead Caspian terns and gulls on Rat Island, a wildlife preserve, and adjacent shores, according to the Washington State Department of Health. WA officials warn of bird flu outbreak in state park; more than 1,700 dead birds removed 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Geological Survey, they took 773 fecal samples from seven communities of gulls in Alaska, most of which dined on waste landfills, and found an AMR gene in 16% of the samples. Changing bird migrations threaten to bring new infectious diseases to humans 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z A pelican that went missing after being scared by gulls and then blown away by a gust of wind has been rescued. Blackpool Zoo: Missing pelican found 65 miles away 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z While Simon is sometimes joined by tourists and volunteers helping with preservation and gull ringing, it is usually just him. Flat Holm: The man who lives alone on an island 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z It's not just gulls and sea snails that suffer. The ocean is shattering heat records. Here’s what that means for fisheries 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z A pelican has gone missing from a zoo after taking to the air when it was scared by a flock of gulls. Pelican missing after being scared by gulls at Blackpool Zoo 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z All species of gull are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which makes it illegal to intentionally kill or destroy an active nest or its contents. Seagulls: Woman left bleeding after attack outside her house 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z The wind was suddenly up; the gulls beat their wings hard against it to hold still. Putin’s Forever War 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z He said the view from his farm house, was "pretty good if you like gulls" and the pints at the Gull and Leek, Wales' most southerly pub,"taste better than on the mainland". Flat Holm: The man who lives alone on an island 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Since bird flu was confirmed in June, black-headed gulls, common terns and rare roseate terns have been worst hit. Coquet Island seabirds observed with signs of bird flu immunity 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z For decades Stack Rock Fort off Milford Haven has been disturbed only by gulls and creeping weeds, but its new owner invited photographer Steve Liddiard to take a look inside the 19th Century time capsule. Stack Rock Fort: Victorian island reclaimed by nature 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Brown-hooded gulls were one of the most common sights throughout town. Name That Tune (and the Bird Behind It) 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z NatureScot said avian flu had been confirmed in sandwich terns, common terns, kittiwakes, herring gulls, black-headed gulls and guillemots so far this year. Avian flu cases confirmed on Scottish nature reserves 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z It is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to its gull colony, which makes up 20% of the Welsh population. Flat Holm: The man who lives alone on an island 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z It is in a stark contrast to the black headed gull population which has been badly hit. Coquet Island seabirds observed with signs of bird flu immunity 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Potential bird sightings include gadwalls and buffleheads, dazzling ducks like the common goldeneye and the red-breasted merganser and tons of gulls, including the laughing gull and the ring-billed gull. Seven Underappreciated Birding Spots in New York 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z For the past 50 years, the kelp gulls of Peninsula Valdés have been mercilessly pecking at any southern right whale that dares to swim to the surface to breathe. Birds With a Taste for Flesh Threaten Whale Calves 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Much of the time, flu circulates in shorebirds and gulls at low levels, often turning up in fewer than one percent of samples. For These Bird Flu Researchers, Work Is a Day at the Very ‘Icky’ Beach 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z Occasionally, skuas, Antarctica's aggressive scavenger gulls, will follow the traverse all the way to the pole, where they circle for days, disoriented, desperate and unable to escape, before succumbing to exhaustion. Astrophysics and stale beer: What life is like working at the South Pole 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Mr Westerberg said about 5,000 black headed gulls had succumbed to bird flu, with only a handful of fledged juveniles surviving. Coquet Island seabirds observed with signs of bird flu immunity 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z There are other kinds of behaviour that do appear to bring rewards – for example, captive orcas learning to regurgitate fish to use as bait for gulls, which they apparently prefer to eat over the fish. An expert explains why killer whales keep attacking boats 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Although southern right whales and kelp gulls have long lived alongside one another, their relationship took a bizarre turn in the 1970s. Birds With a Taste for Flesh Threaten Whale Calves 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands of migrating shorebirds and gulls make pit stops here en route to their summer breeding grounds, some arriving, bedraggled and depleted, after days-long journeys from South America. For These Bird Flu Researchers, Work Is a Day at the Very ‘Icky’ Beach 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z The birds of the country, likewise, are the same as in Portugal, and include cormorants, gulls, turtle doves, crested larks, and many others. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z He was greeted with boos from the audience of graduating seniors, however, indicating that the youth of America perhaps can’t be gulled as easily as their parents. Column: These 'experts' sold the U.S. on a disastrous COVID plan, and never paid a professional price 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z There is precedent for attractions and other commercial enterprises using birds of prey - both real and fake - to deal with feathered frustrations such as gulls and pigeons, including hawks deployed at tennis tournament Wimbledon. Blackpool Zoo's seagull-scaring jobs attract 200 applicants 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z At first, the gulls attacked both calves and adults, but over time the adults have changed the way they surface for air, arching their backs so that only their heads leave the water. Birds With a Taste for Flesh Threaten Whale Calves 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Wild water birds — including ducks, gulls and shorebirds — are the natural reservoirs for influenza A viruses, which come in a variety of subtypes. For These Bird Flu Researchers, Work Is a Day at the Very ‘Icky’ Beach 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z Mr Roper said a Muscovy duck had died after eating a dead fish, while a large number of black-headed gulls had disappeared after picking up dead fish floating on the water. Weymouth: Thousands of fish reportedly poisoned in lake 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Dozens of different species of wild birds were hit, including golden eagles, buzzards, herring gulls and gannets. Bird flu: Free range eggs return as clampdowns eased 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Then, in November 2020, came evidence it had jumped the Atlantic Ocean: Researchers documented a sick great black-backed gull on Newfoundland. Bird shots: Is vaccinating poultry the best defense against a deadly bird flu? 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The constant attacks by kelp gulls not only cause young southern right whale calves to endure painful injuries but also interfere with their abilities to rest and to nurse. Birds With a Taste for Flesh Threaten Whale Calves 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z With no terrestrial predators to steal their eggs, these islands are breeding sanctuaries for ground- and cliff-nesting seabirds like the western gull, Scripps’s murrelet and the ashy storm petrel. You can finally visit Anacapa Island — and see how it's changed in a year without tourists 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z What’s most offensive about the reform proposals swirling around in Washington is that they assume that America’s working class can be easily gulled into thinking these solutions will be painless. Column: Social Security is perfectly healthy, but there's one easy way to improve it 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Children captured the Eiffel Tower and the Roman Forum, plus cats, sea gulls and some thumbs. Bring the Kids Along 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z On 1 May 2016, researchers discovered the carcass of a brown-headed gull, the first of some 150 gulls and geese at the lake found to have been infected with variants of 2.3.4.4b. Bird shots: Is vaccinating poultry the best defense against a deadly bird flu? 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z “The fact that gull harassment is causing population-level impacts on these whales is pretty surprising,” said Matthew Leslie, a conservation biologist with the U.S. Birds With a Taste for Flesh Threaten Whale Calves 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Loud, smelly and aggressive, the western gull is seen more as an urban pest than a majestic seabird by most people in California. You can finally visit Anacapa Island — and see how it's changed in a year without tourists 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The first, which peaked in March 2022, primarily affected raptors, while the second, which began in June, hit gulls and sea ducks known as eiders. Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z With the beaches and gulls and carefree air, it was, Charley later told Mr. Edwards, the happiest time of his life. Charles Pernasilice, Haunted by the Violence at Attica, Dies at 70 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Collins rejected claims that a “land bridge” has emerged near islands that host one of the world’s largest nesting populations of California gulls, allowing coyotes to pad across and feast on their eggs. Los Angeles DWP battles to keep spigot open at Mono Lake 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z The scientists behind the study argue that humans are partially to blame for the Patagonian whales’ plight, pointing to poorly managed landfills and the waste created by fishing fleets, which increase the kelp gull population. Birds With a Taste for Flesh Threaten Whale Calves 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z I ask Justin what separates these birds from the gulls we see on the mainland and am surprised to learn that it’s actually the same population. You can finally visit Anacapa Island — and see how it's changed in a year without tourists 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z One matched what was circulating in terns, while the other resembled what was circulating in a broader array of birds, including gulls and eiders. Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Penguins, pelicans, vultures and various gulls have all been susceptible. Why everyone is suddenly freaking out about bird flu 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z He presented recent photographic evidence that the gulls’ nesting islands are surrounded by enough water to protect them from coyotes. Los Angeles DWP battles to keep spigot open at Mono Lake 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z “By providing scientific evidence that gull attacks have an impact on whale survival, we hope that people can change attitudes and get more involved in improving waste management,” Dr. Sironi said. Birds With a Taste for Flesh Threaten Whale Calves 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z I think of this a few days later when I’m leaving the grocery store and see a half dozen gulls fighting over a box of leftover French fries on the ground. You can finally visit Anacapa Island — and see how it's changed in a year without tourists 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z “But a 300-pound penguin is not going to worry about a sea gull landing near it because it would just crush it.” The Biggest Penguin That Ever Existed Was a ‘Monster Bird’ 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z So far, though, he had seen little more than gulls. Breathless oceans: Warming waters could suffocate marine life and disrupt fisheries 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z One BBC Weather Watcher said "absolutely fantastic Nacreous cloud caught at tonight's sunset with some gulls flying over. What a fantastic sight to behold". Rare 'mother-of-pearl' cloud spotted in Scotland 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z The system flags everything from flocks of gulls in a flight path to lawnmowers operating near runways. Why did FAA ground flights across the US? 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z But some signs of humanity weren’t brought by humans — you’ll spot chicken bones and snack wrappers, brought home to the island from the mainland by the gulls. You can finally visit Anacapa Island — and see how it's changed in a year without tourists 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Two dogs helped prevent Tonni, a tiny loggerhead sea turtle, from being guzzled by gulls on Moel y Don beach on Anglesey on Thursday. Anglesey: Tiny turtle saved by dogs recovering well at zoo 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Sandhill cranes can be a focus some years, while other years it’s gulls. Keeping animals away from planes is a never-ending job at Anchorage’s airport 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z She also designed a screen that runs along the bridge, displaying shapes that represent fern fronds and gull wings. See the new $7.1 million shortcut to Seattle’s waterfront 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z It found that moths, mice, rats, flies, feral pigeons and herring gulls have all been known to cause issues at Westminster. House of Commons given low hygiene rating 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Unlike the shy pelicans, who prefer to avoid areas of human activity, the gulls have taken a different approach to the arrival of our cities on their shores. You can finally visit Anacapa Island — and see how it's changed in a year without tourists 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z An assassin prevented Americans from proving, by spurning Long’s presidential pretenses, that they were less easily gulled than Long assumed. Opinion | Now the GOP can repent for the Trump era by denying him the nomination 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z The main birds affected were gannets, skuas, geese and gulls. New anti-bird flu rules as virus hits flocks in Lewis and Orkney 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Avian influenza wings its way around the world in the bodies of migrating birds, especially in water birds such as ducks, geese and gulls. With Fall Migration, Bird Flu Flies Back Into Town 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z The gulls, having waited patiently, then taxied for takeoff and took flight, circling Hurtado as he tossed chicken franks into the air. 'We are in the presence of a saint': A homeless man's mission to feed L.A.'s cats and birds 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z If the gulls can learn to accept the foghorn, I guess I can, too. You can finally visit Anacapa Island — and see how it's changed in a year without tourists 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Ordinary moments for the bears — such as chasing gulls or playing with one another — are surprising and special when observed in the wild, she said. For Fat Bear Week, pick your favorite for this year’s chunky champ 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z “When you see gulls or pelicans diving, that tends to mean bait. Where there’s bait there tend to be game fish. A lot of it is cat and mouse.” They leaped at the chance to hook mahi-mahi. But L.A.’s hottest fish is hard to catch 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Along the way, it not only infiltrated hundreds of commercial flocks but also began felling wild birds, taking out entire families of owls and triggering die-offs of geese and gulls. With Fall Migration, Bird Flu Flies Back Into Town 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z When I asked Hurtado about it, he said the gulls, and pigeons, regularly dine on Dumpster fare such as garbage, rats and maggots, so hot dogs strike him as much finer dining. 'We are in the presence of a saint': A homeless man's mission to feed L.A.'s cats and birds 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Photos that zoom in on gaping mouths ringed with sharp teeth make them look more like monsters than animals that are as much a part of Northwest ecosystems as salmon and sea gulls. How Northwest tribes are leading the push to restore eel-like lampreys 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z “The fiddler crab scuttles across the cold sand. Overhead, a gull leans on one wing.” Baking Challah 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z “Making memories” is how she describes the allure, laughing at a cellphone video of Belle chasing sea gulls. How Poverty Programs Aided Children From One Generation to the Next 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z The city alleged that Siemens had pulled a bait-and-switch, gulling the city into signing a contract lacking that hard-and-fast guarantee. Column: If Mississippi is a 'laboratory of democracy,' we're in trouble 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z A trash menagerie of wild boars, violent sea gulls and rats convene to feast on the capital’s overflowing debris. As Rome Burns (or at Least Its Garbage), a Mayor Dares to Dream 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z It can be lonely to spend the night on an uninhabited island with only sea gulls for company. Teenage Aviator Circles the Globe Solo, Setting a Record 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Figure 16.30 An idealized ocean wave passes under a sea gull that bobs up and down in simple harmonic motion. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z When a predator approaches, the parent gull stands over its chick and taps the bill on the ground in front of it, which elicits a begging response from a hungry chick. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z ALEXANDROUPOLI, Greece — It is an unlikely geopolitical flash-point: a concrete pier in a little coastal city, barely used a few years ago and still occupied only by sea gulls most of the time. Sleepy Greek Port Becomes U.S. Arms Hub, as Ukraine War Reshapes Region 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Last July, Boom revealed its updated design for its Overture aircraft, including an extra engine, a contoured fuselage, and gull wings. American Airlines places order for 20 supersonic jets from Boom Supersonic 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z It was getting dark, there were mountains, low clouds and no living creatures but sea gulls. Teenage Aviator Circles the Globe Solo, Setting a Record 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Then gulls, ravens and crows swoop in to gobble cormorant eggs and chicks. Troubled species rebound — only to make things worse for others animals in peril 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Birdwatchers at a reservoir have said it was "extraordinary" to see a rare gull in Britain for the first time. Kelp gull first sighting in UK is 'extraordinary' 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Dead herring gulls, Iceland gulls, common ravens, and American crows are the among the most affected by the influenza, Thomas added. Thousands of dead migrant seabirds wash up on Canada shore, avian flu suspected 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Visiting a seabird colony is like entering the hustle and bustle of a busy city, with neighborhoods of birds loosely grouped by species — pelicans, terns, egrets, spoonbills and gulls, all ferrying meals to chicks. Climate change and vanishing islands threaten brown pelicans 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z She added that feeding gulls in urban environments, such as Portobello Beach, was not recommended as it could encourage gulls to beg, swoop for, or steal food from people. Bird poo pollution posters at Scottish beaches challenged by experts 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Several of his photos capture gulls trying to steal fish from the puffins when in mid-flight: "You have to be even quicker for those because it's a blink of an eye and you'll miss it." Wildlife photography: Magic of Skomer's puffins captured 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z The gull could be identified by the blue and grey colouring on its legs, its heavier build and its very small dark eye structure, he said. Kelp gull first sighting in UK is 'extraordinary' 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Out at No. 13 not far from the little marsh with the mud and the gulls next to tee No. 12, the marshals come from Ladybank, about 20 minutes away. At the 150th British Open, history joins a party years in the making 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z The calls of a thousand laughing gulls are loud enough to drown out human thought. Climate change and vanishing islands threaten brown pelicans 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Sepa said microbial DNA source tracking at Portobello beach had found evidence of human, dog and gull sources impacting water quality. Bird poo pollution posters at Scottish beaches challenged by experts 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Last weekend, at the beach, I watched a bunch of children stand agape as four laughing gulls hovered a few feet above them for what felt like minutes. Summer Travel, Made Easy 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z He added that it was a "phenomenal find" by a local birdwatcher, as it could be mistaken for a more common gull. Kelp gull first sighting in UK is 'extraordinary' 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z A mass of pelicans and gulls were “frantically eating,” he said. First, the Fish Fell From the Sky. Then They Washed Ashore. 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The pelicans also intermingled with other colonial nesting birds, including herrings and great black-backed gulls. Pelicans’ paradise on Smith Island, Md. 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Great black-backed gull, Arctic tern, common guillemot and puffin have also tested positive. Isle of May and Noss reserves to shut amid bird flu cases 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z I'd better forgo the five syllables And stick with “a gull!” or “an auk!” Style Invitational Week 1494: Put it in bee-verse 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z "We may seek external assistance on this, as large gulls are notoriously difficult to identify," he said. Kelp gull first sighting in UK is 'extraordinary' 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z The three nominees must have been crossing their fingers behind their backs when they gulled senators like Susan Collins, the willfully naive Maine Republican, with vows of loyalty to court precedent. Column: Banning abortion is the first step. Brace yourselves for the end of many hard-fought rights 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z For a moment, we forgot about the pelicans as we watched a floofy gull chick hobble down the beach and stand apprehensively on the water’s edge. Pelicans’ paradise on Smith Island, Md. 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z One day that spring, Ocean City’s mayor, Jay Gillian, watched as a gull swooped into a stroller on the boardwalk and stole a slice of pizza from a toddler’s hands. The Ancient Art of Falconry at the Jersey Shore 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z But this version of the virus appears to be taking a much greater toll on wild birds than previous lineages have, finding its way into ducks, geese, gulls and terns, among many others. Not Just for the Birds: Avian Influenza Is Also Felling Wild Mammals 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z After the migrating gull came ashore, the highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as the H5N1 virus, exploded across North America. Avian Flu’s Toll on Wild Birds Alarms Experts 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Following their successful effort to gull California voters into endorsing their method of exploiting their drivers and field workers, Uber, Lyft and other gig companies expanded their campaign to gut labor protections into other states. Column: Uber, Lyft's attempt to gut labor law for their own benefit hits a roadblock in Massachusetts 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z “They were not alone. Crowds of hungry gulls, terns, cormorants and other seabirds also showed up.” Eavesdropping on the Secret Lives of Dolphins in New York Harbor 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z But mostly the gulls kept their distance, returning only when the raptors were away, a back-and-forth that made for good business. The Ancient Art of Falconry at the Jersey Shore 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Home to a huge population of gulls, the island is also the habitat of slow worms with unique blue markings as well as moths, butterflies and rabbits. Climate change: Flat Holm Island wildlife data becomes interactive 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z That attracts “geese and other scavenging birds, like gulls and crows and magpies, so there’s an interface between them,” she said. Avian Flu’s Toll on Wild Birds Alarms Experts 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Even the sea gulls, whose cawing and mewling were so much a part of the commotion of the Bosporus, fell in line with this solemn tableau. Returning to Istanbul, a Place of Competing Identities 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z With evaporation outpacing inflows from those streams, a sheet of water less than 4 feet deep and a few hundred yards wide is all that protects tens of thousands of breeding gulls from predatory coyotes. As drought hammers Mono Lake, thirsty Los Angeles must look elsewhere for water 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Over the course of a summer in Ocean City, Swanson’s hawks and falcons will sometimes go rogue and attack a gull. The Ancient Art of Falconry at the Jersey Shore 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z In areas that had been barren-looking mud flats just a few years ago, cranes, gulls and herons abound in the flat rounded leaves of the mangrove trees. Facing Disastrous Floods, They Turned to Mangrove Trees for Protection 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z The unique natural history of the black-backed gull, for example, plays a role in transmission. Avian Flu’s Toll on Wild Birds Alarms Experts 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Ahead, under wheeling flights of gulls, cloud shadows had appeared on the Bosporus, inky blots that gave an illusion of stillness, even as they raced over the quicksilver face of the strait. Returning to Istanbul, a Place of Competing Identities 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z You’re right: The contrast of the relatively monochrome gull against the practically glowing MoPOP building is what makes this so cool. The colors really MoPOP in this riveting photo of a light-as-air gull against a heavy metal museum 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Last season, one of his hawks chased a gull about a mile out to sea, presumably killed it, then tried to swim its body back to shore. The Ancient Art of Falconry at the Jersey Shore 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z I drifted past hundreds of ducks, gulls, grebes and herons. Taking the scenic route to Aveiro, on Portugal’s Atlantic coast 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z But don’t always peer skyward while you’re there: The waters and the woods can yield sightings of a variety of birds, including pied-billed grebes, American coots, red-billed woodpeckers and Bonaparte’s gull. Six stellar stargazing spots around the D.C. area 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Although wild waterfowl are the most common carriers, they are often asymptomatic while birds of prey, such as hawks and owls, and scavengers, such as crows and gulls, may show more severe infection. Highly contagious bird flu circulating in D.C. region is not a danger to humans, officials say 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Dog handler Carla Shoobert said they use dogs naturally inclined to pursue the gulls, such as Australian kelpies and border collies. Gull-free dining thanks to patrol dogs at Sydney Opera House 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z He says it is not normal for a raptor to drown after pursuing a gull only a mile out to sea. The Ancient Art of Falconry at the Jersey Shore 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z "I have always been interested in the dark places humanity goes," the 40-year-old father-of-one says as we skirt a large pond circled by swirling gulls. Horror-crime writer Matt Wesolowski calls for evil understanding 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z “Clearly this bird has figured out how to catch gulls, and probably ducks as well,” Mr. Hess said. If Rover Can Make It Here, Perhaps Bald Eagles Can Make It Anywhere 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z As gulls patrolled the Potomac River, many of us might have looked with respect on a single day that showed almost every attribute of winter. Friday was warm while we slept, and it went downhill from there 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z And with the gulls in full retreat, the Sydney Opera House has signed up the canines to carry out their duty for the foreseeable future. Gull-free dining thanks to patrol dogs at Sydney Opera House 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The image of swarms of gulls lifting pizza slices from the hands of tourists may suggest a species thriving, but that is in fact an illusion. The Ancient Art of Falconry at the Jersey Shore 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Screaming crows and gulls wheeled above us in the damp air, as the long-limbed 30-year-old watched his ghostly net wend its way underneath the surface. These Shellfish Could Kill You 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Its star performer, thrilling parkgoers and terrorizing gulls, is Rover, a bald eagle. If Rover Can Make It Here, Perhaps Bald Eagles Can Make It Anywhere 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z The distinctly scented birds floated and swam in salt water pools erected outside the facility, as rehabilitating penguins and gulls flew back and forth in a large, netted aviary nearby. Are ills of the Arctic hitting California? Hundreds of migratory seabirds wash ashore 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Hares play key roles in the Arctic ecosystem, munching on local plants before being munched on themselves by arctic wolves, arctic foxes, gulls, and snowy owls. Arctic hare hops the distance from Washington, D.C., to New York City 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z That the gulls appear to be proliferating is a function of their high behavioral plasticity. The Ancient Art of Falconry at the Jersey Shore 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Opheim gently moved the gull to a local kennel where it soon died. These Shellfish Could Kill You 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z In Parking Lot G, sea gulls cleaned up after the tailgaters. Was There Joy in East Rutherford? 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Resembling gulls to the untrained eye, northern fulmars are a subarctic species that spend most of their life at sea. Are ills of the Arctic hitting California? Hundreds of migratory seabirds wash ashore 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z The adjective “gullible” comes from the verb “to gull,” which used to mean to cram yourself with something, as well as to cheat or dupe, to cram someone else full of fictions. Opinion | Why Republicans Keep Falling for Trump’s Lies 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Perlut suggests we ask ourselves what a beach would be entirely without gulls trundling along the white edges of the breakers, without the distinct sound of their laughter. The Ancient Art of Falconry at the Jersey Shore 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z He froze the bird and quickly e-mailed Wright: Could he test the gull for toxic algae? These Shellfish Could Kill You 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Sea gulls are perfectly suited to Sunday’s weather, with feathers that keep the wet off, and efficient heat circulation. Was There Joy in East Rutherford? 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Although often mistaken for gulls, northern fulmars have stiff wings and nostril tubes on their bills, marking them as petrels and albatrosses. Are ills of the Arctic hitting California? Hundreds of migratory seabirds wash ashore 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z “Not doubting I could gull the government,” wrote Daniel Defoe in 1701, and Hannah Arendt used the word “gullible” repeatedly in “The Origins of Totalitarianism,” published in 1951. Opinion | Why Republicans Keep Falling for Trump’s Lies 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z The sky above was empty; a few laughing gulls patrolled the ocean’s edge. The Ancient Art of Falconry at the Jersey Shore 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The gull and mussels tested low for toxic algae, but the salmon liver was hot. These Shellfish Could Kill You 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife experts brought gulls under control, Kress and colleagues raised puffin chicks in makeshift burrows until they hopped into the ocean. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The noises you can hear ripple through the air towards you - small ripples for high pitched noises like gulls, or large ripples for the deep rumbles of the sea. How my pregnancy led to a life-changing diagnosis 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z That is, among those gulling the public, cynicism is a stronger force; among those being gulled, gullibility is, but the two are not so separate as they might seem. Opinion | Why Republicans Keep Falling for Trump’s Lies 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z For those who remembered the earlier days of the war between human and gull, this was the most beautiful truce. The Ancient Art of Falconry at the Jersey Shore 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z If he could explain the behavior of ants, Dr. Wilson reasoned, he ought to be able to explain the behavior of other animals: iguanas, newts, sea gulls — maybe even people. E.O. Wilson, a Pioneer of Evolutionary Biology, Dies at 92 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Back in our first interview, Kress thought the biggest threat to his work was that gulls might outfox him to retake the islands. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z At Blakeney Point in Norfolk, little terns - one species of these small seabirds - abandoned their nests, scared off by the presence of a short-eared owl and common gulls. Wildlife's winners and losers of 2021 - and how extreme weather set the tone 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z In the Farallon plan, gulls and other birds would be “hazed” off the island before the pesticide drop so they don’t eat either the mice or the poison. Column: Watch out, Farallon mice. Coastal Commission approves poison air drop 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z For the gulls, however, Swanson’s current five hawks, 12 falcons and Eurasian eagle-owl are much better than the typical alternative. The Ancient Art of Falconry at the Jersey Shore 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The culprit was avian cholera, a disease not previously detected in these high latitudes, and one that elsewhere rarely fells seabirds such as thick-billed murres, auklets, common eiders, northern fulmars and gulls. Unprecedented die-offs, melting ice: Climate change is wreaking havoc in the Arctic and beyond 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z But when warm waters drive off even those fish, the sight of a puffin with a shimmering large butterfish can send gulls into a frenzy of thievery. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “It’s hard to deter a hungry gull,” Hermance said, noting how bold they are if you try to eat something on the beach. Column: The U.S. wants to air-drop poison on Farallon Islands mice. Not everybody hates the idea 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Peregrine falcons, curlews, barnacle geese and herring gulls are some of the wild bird species to have been found dead or dying from the disease. UK chief vet warns avian flu at 'phenomenal level' in UK 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z |
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