A number of years ago in late August, there was a flying ant emergence at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. Herring and Ring-billed Gulls were doing some of the most awkward flycatching behavior one could imagine. The ants and gulls were everywhere. Almost as awkward, there was a very full crab apple along the Mystic River this winter. Both of the aforementioned gull species were alternately trying to grab the fruit on the fly or land on flimsy branches and pluck the fruit. Glenn Williams Mystic

A gull will eat everything we eat and everything we won't. Paul Plotnick Stamford On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 9:33 AM Glenn Williams via CTBirds < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > A number of years ago in late August, there was a flying ant emergence at > Eastern Point Beach in Groton. Herring and Ring-billed Gulls were doing > some of the most awkward flycatching behavior one could imagine. The ants > and gulls were everywhere. Almost as awkward, there was a very full crab > apple along the Mystic River this winter. Both of the aforementioned gull > species were alternately trying to grab the fruit on the fly or land on > flimsy branches and pluck the fruit. > > Glenn Williams > Mystic > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send an email with just "join" or > "leave" in the subject or body to: ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing > birders together statewide. Please support COA: > https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For > list rules and subscription information visit: > https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/ >