Surely they dont come out of the egg the size that they are when we do see them! Is there some sort of quality control that lets them leave their birthplace/nesting area when they reach a certain size??
2007-03-23 21:00:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
We have them nesting on the rooftops here (south coast), and they do seem to only appear when they are large and dirty grey in colour. The parents take food to them, but you don't initially see them, except for their heads popping up. They strut about on the roofs crying to be fed later on, and it is some time before they attempt to fly. Then you see them strutting about in the road and on the pavement looking lost, as if they have forgotten how to fly!
2007-03-23 21:19:07 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We have a Family of seagulls who come to roost in the chimney across the road.
Every year they have 2-3 Chicks and usually only one servives due to kids either throwing stones at the nest or because it fell off.
Baby seagulls are really fluffy and are quite a large size and when the last years child comes back with them they still even look like a underdeveloped seagull! lol Best bet is they take 2years to mature, and once the eggs are layed they chase the last year chick away for them to find and make there own family some day hehe
2007-03-24 04:18:14 · answer #2 · answered by Colax 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They hatch their chicks on Anacapa Island. They lay their eggs on the ground. In season, the ground is covered with sea gull nests.
Now, I am pretty sure you do see the fledglings. I'm seeing quite a few of them now in Southern California. The fledglings are gray/brown in color, without the handsome adult markings.
Otherwise they look pretty much like adults. Occasionally you will see one begging to be fed, but the adults usually refuse. They are old enough to get their own food.
I have observed the gulls while feeding them French Fries in Seattle. Seattle gulls are trained to swoop down and take a fry from your outstretched hand.
But the fledglings can't do this. They don't have the skill and coordination yet, they are just kids. They will walk fairly close and hope for a handout.
If you throw a fry to an adult gull among a crowd, the other adults will dive for it too. If you throw one to a fledgling, they won't. They don't compete with fledglings. If you throw one to an adolescent -- a gull that is starting to get its adult plumage -- the adults go crazy with rage; they can't stand it if an adolescent gull gets a fry.
I wonder: is this instructive in terms of our own relationships between human adults and adolescents?
2007-03-24 05:36:53 · answer #3 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Come to my neck the woods take a walk up into the moorlands safer than the cliffs and you will come across nests with baby chicks in but probably better to wear a crash helmet as you will definitely be attacked. We have them on the cliffs on Asda rooftops and on the moors you ask where,well might as well promote tourism in Scotland and visit the North East
2007-03-24 04:29:58 · answer #4 · answered by terrano 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I saw a few nests with baby sea gulls on Alcatraz Island, in San Francisco. They're cute, gray with dark specks, which made for good camouflage. Fortunately they were a good enough distance from the tourist area, so the people didn't bother them. I was surprised to see them there.
2007-03-24 08:49:06 · answer #5 · answered by kaz716 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are no baby seagulls! They hatch full grown and head for the nearest landfill site. In fact, the scientific world is at this very moment discussing a change of name for these birds. Favourite alternative name so far is Laridae Garbagensis.
2007-03-28 08:01:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicks stay in the nest (which is usually in a safe place - away from people) until they're juveniles, at which point they can find food on their own and no longer need their parents. You DO see juveniles mingling w/ the adults. They usually have brownish feathers until they grow in their adult plumage and actually look like adults.
2007-03-31 19:13:13 · answer #7 · answered by Jen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because their nests are usually high up in the cliffs above the sea
2007-03-24 04:05:09 · answer #8 · answered by Norah B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because your not looking hard enough. these oceanic birds nest on high cliffs around our coasts and some times in gravel pits away from predators and human disturbance.
2007-03-24 18:12:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They nest in rocky cliffs and outcrops which are hard to reach.
2007-03-24 05:05:23 · answer #10 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋