Sunday, 2 March 2025

"EE-AH-HA-HA-HA"

 I'm going to miss our seagull* when we leave here.




Our seagull is a black backed gull - a karoro:




He's been living here or should I say, we've been living here in his habitat for over 15 years. Karoro generally live for at least 20 years and our old mate - we call him John - is starting to show his age.

He's raised many offspring and it's been a joy watching them grow up and learn to fly. John lives on the beach in front of us and sensibly made his home yeras ago next to a freshwater stream that comes down from Mount Aubrey up behind our house

I walked out at low tide the other day and was able to get quite close to John. I guess he's familiar with us and at his age maybe doesn't want to keep flying away. I feed him sometimes with meat scraps. I like him.








* Not Robert's Holy Seagull. I don't trust that guy.



4 comments:

Richard (of RBB) said...

Shelley will be staying at least one bible length away from me this afternoon.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

Take it easy.

Richard (of RBB) said...

It's for her own good.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

I hope for her sake that she's using the Ethiopian bible.