2007-11-01 21:43:38 · 15 answers · asked by Gill 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
because the climate is changing and there r safe places for them to put there babies. high up on top of builings. and more food to look after them.
2007-11-01 21:46:47 · answer #1 · answered by shell 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Would it help to consider them as "gulls" or Laridae? "Seagull" is not either a scientific term or a recognized "official" common name. The only place that "seagull" has sort-of official status is as the state bird of Utah. The gulls that saved the Morman settlers' crops by eating the locusts were California gulls but the Utahns don't want to admit that anyone from California ever did anything good.
2007-11-02 10:15:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Gill
As far back as I can remember there have always been seagulls inland. All we had to do was start ploughing and they would appear out of nowhere. People would remark it must be stormy at sea but it doesn't seem to make any difference what the weather or global warming is doing.
Anyway enough rambling here is a link with all the info you need.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/features/296feature1.shtml
Tata
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2007-11-01 22:04:29 · answer #3 · answered by Funky Farmer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dude its pretty obvious gulls are opportunistic birds who never shy away from free easy meals.....n bcoz of this resilience gulls have been able to survive n proliferate even though many of the sea birds r gttin extinct...talk bout food...where there's a food there's a beak !!!
2007-11-01 23:48:32 · answer #4 · answered by vishwa 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rubbish Tips
2007-11-01 21:51:22 · answer #5 · answered by Gavbo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Primarily food, and they can get very good nesting sites, high up away from predators that are common to them in coastal areas. This was from a documentary on Nature of Britain i watched recently.
2007-11-01 21:48:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Wrong Question. Should be "WHY do they call all of these land-lubbing birds SEAgulls?
Capish?
2007-11-01 21:54:47 · answer #7 · answered by De Deuce 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lack of food out there in the ocean and because theres plenty of food on land. and also global warming contributes to this.
2007-11-01 21:55:02 · answer #8 · answered by sulz152 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Damned good, opportuntistic scavengers, those damnable pesky gulls! On land, it doesn't matter if their food would sink.
2007-11-01 21:48:35 · answer #9 · answered by omnisource 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
one of the main reasons is the amount of food we throw away .some sea gulls even breed on landfill sites
2007-11-01 22:32:23 · answer #10 · answered by HaSiCiT Bust A Tie A1 TieBusters 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋