"Phil K." wrote:

> Whilst on the subject of budgies, I thought I'd mention this too.
> I have an outside aviary containing ten budgies. A couple of days ago,
> I noticed a lone herring gull stood against the wire staring intently
> at my birds. I banged on the window and it flew away.
> Any idea what it might have been after? Do you think that it was
> planning to make a meal of my budgies, or was it just curious about
> the brightly coloured birds inside?

Gulls are consummate opportunists.  They will make a meal out of 
anything that presents itself.  Our birding group on Lake Michigan has 
seen Herring Gulls attack and eat small ducks (Bufflehead) as well as 
passerines (Juncos, etc.).  I'm confident the gull was looking at your
budgies not because he thought they were pretty, but because he thought
they looked like a potential meal.


Randy
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