June 29, 2003
Anyone seen "The Birds"?
Seaside resorts in the UK seem to be increasingly struggling to control the problem of seagulls. They've given up all pretense of following the fishing trawlers in favour of scavenging off the (mostly willing) tourists who contribute to the problem by ignorantly feeding them. The bird on the bin in this picture didn't even flinch, even when I stuck my phone's camera in his face.
Later in the afternoon in a scene reminiscent of Hitchcock's The Birds (which I recently bought), a whole flock of gulls swooped down on some kid who was just getting a pasty out of a paper bag - they nearly bit his fingers off. Scary, and not surprisingly the kid was in tears.
Posted by savs at June 29, 2003 10:22 PM