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Growing up in Utah is such a different perspective. The California gull is celebrated just like, or even more than, the Bald Eagle. Come to Utah all you gulls!
by VaedaStrike 11y ago
Growing up in Utah is such a different perspective. The California gull is celebrated just like, or even more than, the Bald Eagle.
Come to Utah all you gulls! Your ancestors made you a protected species here!
- randycupertino 11y agoThat is so crazy to me. Why do they like the gull? I remember when we moved to California I thought ice plant was really cool looking and loved it, until someone told me it was a much hated invasive species that's killing shoreline plants.
- jloughry 11y agoPlague of locusts in 1848; seagulls appeared and ate the insects. It's remembered in the region as a miracle. ETA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_gulls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_gulls
- cwbrandsma 11y agoGrowing up in southern Idaho, we have no such love. Probably because of all the times we are reminded of how much Utah loves the birds.