river, lake, pine, as well as the pink seagull - birds nesting on the whole territory of Eurasia.Long ago, our ancestors called it monkey - probably for the characteristic cries.
Seagull - small and elegant bird.The length of its body is from thirty-six to forty centimeters.Weight - about two hundred and fifty to three hundred grams.The head of her round, summer is dark brown, with rather narrow white spots above and below the eyes.In winter and fall head becomes gray.The beak is thin and red.The back and wings are light gray.On the legs are swimming membranes, despite the fact that these birds never go on a long voyage, and only adhere to the shore.Voice of gulls difficult to convey clearly.Usually it resembles kvohtane, laughter or cries of angry cats.Generally, gull - bird assertive and clamorous, of giving the impression that she had never silent.
inhabits it not only on the coast of the sea, but also in rivers, floodplains, swamps, overgrown islands, lakes, peat quarries, as well as inland waters.
gull - bird omnivorous and voracious.Her main power - it is weak and insufficiently agile fish, invertebrates, shells, clams, mosquitoes, earthworms, beetles, small rodents, and so on.
gulls nest whole colonies - thousands of couples going together.To do this, they choose the place where they will not disturb the people, as well as four-legged predators.Nests are located on the ground or bumps.In form they resemble careless round thick planks thirty to forty centimeters with a small recess for eggs.The female lays one to three eggs brown, light blue color without spots.Both parents incubate them for about a month.The chicks are in the nest for about two weeks, and then gradually move to the nearby bushes.Fledglings flying start when they turn a month or so.
Seagull refers to migratory birds and as a rule, in September, leaving for warmer climes.They overwinter in the Caspian and Black seas, as well as in Japan, China and Africa.True, some of them remain to winter in the cities, if you can eat.
gull - bird impeccable ability of adapting.It fits in almost any environment without fear of humans and often begging for his bread.
There gulls and positive qualities - they relieve us from the vast number of insect pests, as well as collect the waste.
With these people have long associated birds various signs.Previously, the sailors notice that if a seagull sits on the mast of the ship, the weather is great and you can indulge in swimming, and if it is with a loud cry roams the coastal rocks, soon wait for the storm.
Science explains the fact that when the atmospheric pressure is high, above the water surface have the air flow, which is typically maintained bird, helping them to fly high in the air.That is why the gulls get tired very quickly and are forced to sit on the ground.
Flying seagull over water bird resembles a white handkerchief waving at that meeting and parting.A resting on the sand, and basking in the sun seagull in some degree of comfort, make it clear that, despite all our crises, life goes on and everything required to be adjusted.
