Seagull Gull: description, features and habitat

There are forty different kinds of gulls in the world. These birds have long wings and a square-like tail. Seagulls live wherever the sea meets land, and some species are found far from the sea shores.

The seagull is a symbol of freedom, it is the first association with the sea and represents the embodiment of all beauty and extraordinary tenderness of a bird's flight. Seagull gull, or squealing - one of the species of birds, belonging to a large family of seagulls. This ptahu can be seen on the banks of our rivers and other water bodies. Sometimes it is called a sea bird, because it also settles near the sea.

Seagull Gull (Larus canus): description

This bird has a similarity to May Day, but some differences between them are observed. Adult individuals, in contrast to the maize, have white spots on the black wing pattern. The gray gull, the description of which you are now reading, has a body of 40-43 cm in length, the wingspan of this beauty is from 110 to 130 cm, and the body weight varies from 270 to 480 grams.

The color of the plumage resembles a southern silvery seagull. She looks very elegant. Seagull gull is a medium sized seagull. It has a monotonous white lower part of the body, and the upper part of the upper part is light gray. The wings on the upper side are gray, with white spots on their black ends. Thin beak and paws of a greenish-yellow hue. The appearance of the female and male is no different. Young individuals acquire a permanent color of plumage only after reaching three years.

Areal

Seagull gulls refer to migratory and nomadic species. They are distributed in the northern part of Eurasia, as well as in North America. Some subspecies of these birds for the period of wintering arrive at the reservoirs and fields of the Mediterranean, sometimes to North Africa, where they form entire colonies. The nesting range of birds is from Iceland to Kamchatka. Southern nesting places are in Switzerland. Seagull gulls move to the winter period also in Italy, where they number up to 5000 individuals. The usual species winters on the Black, Baltic and Caspian seas. There are blue gulls that remain to winter on water bodies that are not covered by ice, located on the territories of cities.

In the European area, the southern silver cousin begins to squeeze out the seagull, as a result of which its number is gradually decreasing. This is facilitated by the emergence of predators and the results of human activities.

Seagull Gull: features of habitat

At first these birds lived on the LPF in separate pairs, being in the colonies together with the lake gulls. Then, the fields were eliminated, after which the blue beauties began to nest with the river terns, and sometimes lived apart.

The place where the nest of a gull of this species is placed is noticeably more plastic than the lake relative. In addition to the natural elements that represent bumps, broken cattails and fusions, the seagull gull builds its nest on a flat roof and on man-made islets of stone. The bird gradually gets used to communicating with people, if they do not pursue it and do harm.

Lifestyle

During a sharp and plaintive cry, the gull publishes the sounds of ki-e and ki-a. These birds lead a mostly daily life. Protective behavior functions are as follows:

• At the sight of the enemy, overflights are carried out, accompanied by alarming shouts.
• Pest dropping and diving predators that are on the ground, and people who cause distrust.
• Attack of predators in the air.
• Various kinds of distracting demonstrative actions.

Common gulls are schooling birds. At the time of obtaining food they enter into union with other brethren. In such a society, they can be found in rubbish and arable land. The lifespan of the screech often reaches 25 years.

Ration

The main part of the diet of the seagull is invertebrates, despite the fact that it belongs to omnivorous birds. The appetite of this bird is very ordinary, and to provide itself with plenty of food, the beautiful woman uses all her extraordinary ingenuity. Squealing can long chase small birds, forcing them to leave the food they extracted. To people, gray gulls are treated without much fear, being at close range, ask for fish or slices of bread. Inhabit in urban conditions, birds feed on products of anthropogenic origin, which are mined in landfills. The seagull feeds its children with invertebrates, small fish, frogs and mice, these foods are fed by itself. The main prey for the gull is a fish. The bird can often be found on the coasts and shallows. In these places she is looking for crabs and worms, fish, thrown out by the tides, also picks up.

Reproduction

Breeding gulls begin to multiply when they reach 2-4 years. Pairs often form young birds. When forming a feathered family, the male exhibits greater activity, in the future he begins to guard the nesting site, the place for which he chooses himself. It often happens that the female and the male spend the winter in different places, and they meet only in spring at the place of nesting. The female behaves demonstratively, begging for food from his chosen one, he begins to take care of her feeding. Partners in the formation of pairs in 72% of cases are those that were in the past year. Construction of the nest is carried out by both future parents. It can be a pit in the soil or a rough construction of twigs of trees, stems of vegetation, moss and lichen. The nest of the blue-gray gull always builds in a damp place. In some cases, birds have it on tree branches or on stumps.

Females begin to lay eggs in May-June, usually 2-3 eggs of olive color with brown spots. Both parents are incubating the offspring in turn for three to four weeks. In the year, seagulls produce one masonry.

Cultivation of offspring

Both parents are also responsible for feeding their babies. Small chicks gorgeously eat food, which they are presented six times a day. The first days after the birth of the nestlings are heated by the father and mother, on the third day of life the thermoregulation of the down pushers is already set. Kids begin to walk on the site, leaving the nest at the age of 10-12 days. The first flight is carried out one month and five days after leaving the egg. Young gray seagulls unite in schools and begin to wander along lakes and swamps to find food for themselves.

Saving a View

Observations of the life of the gray gulls showed that the death of their chicks is observed in the Barents Sea. The reason for this was a great hypothermia and a heavy output of babies from under thick vegetation to open terrain. The second reason is malnutrition. In the White Sea, gulls also have to fight for survival. Their offspring are subject to attack by ermine, foxes and gray crows. Adult individuals, as well as young ones, are threatened by peregrine falcon and white-tailed eagle. Gulls often become their victims. These birds of special economic importance do not represent, and specially developed measures for their protection are not provided. On the territory of the capital of the Russian Federation and in the region, the seagull gull is taken under special protection. This species of birds was listed in the Red Book of Moscow in 2001.