I happened to open Facebook this morning to discover my sister in law had posted a picture of a seagull. It was a pretty nice looking seagull, although I sure exactly what type of gull it was. Seagull is a very broad term, and there are many different types of gulls. This one was a bit hard to make out all the details… since it was relaxing in the back seat of her car.
I like animals, but the back seat of a car seems a strange place for a seagull. But apparently, she had come out of her house to find a seagull being attacked by about nine crows. The seagull did not seem able to fly and was not having a good day. So she picked it up and put it in bag in the back seat of her car. The gull didn’t try to get away and defend itself. It seemed pretty exhausted by the ordeal. But what do you do with a seagull in your car?
In this case, she had to pick someone up from the airport. Options were limited, so she and the gull headed to the airport.
Even at the airport, the gull didn’t seem to have much interest in flying. So they all jumped back in the car and got the gull to Hope For Wildlife to be checked out and hopefully rehabilitated.
The gull seemed to enjoy itself, sitting in the back seat, looking around. My sister in law said the gull was a very calm back seat passenger, which is a good thing. It probably wouldn’t have been much fun if the seagull had decided to fly around the car as they drove.
I asked if they had maybe gone for ice cream, since it was a hot day. But, no, the seagull went to rehab with no more side trips. Except the trip to the airport.
I’ve never had the opportunity to rescue wildlife, but it’s great we have places like Hope For Wildlife around to care for those wild creatures who need it. Hopefully this seagull will get back to being a seagull.
Although now that he has had a taste of being chauffeured around, he might decide that’s the way to travel.