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Foggy morning feeding.

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We woke to a good bit of fog on our first morning back in Newport.

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Of course we’re those annoying resort neighbors who are up at 4:30:-5:00am to start the day so we often beat the sun.

As we sat on the balcony with tea and coffee, a friend was making his presence known directly below us.

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Most people who live on or near the coast hate seagulls…

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But we love all creatures… so naturally the husband started feeding him.

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This is not recommended.

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Before long, our friend from down below became our friend up top.

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Seagulls are opportunists.

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If they find a food source, they’ll take full advantage.

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My husband started with Cheetos, but then laid out a wheat bread buffet.

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And though the railing proved a bit slippery.

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Our new friend soon figured out a drive (fly) by maneuver.

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And then he told a friend.

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And another friend.

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Three squawking, circling gulls at 5:30am was enough to prompt the man staying on the sailboat below us to holler up at my husband to please stop feeding the birds, which he did.

Reluctantly.

And as we were sitting on the balcony ignoring the still hungry and now pissed off birds…

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My husband realized the nice little cafe where he had breakfast every morning on our previous trip was over there.

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A not insignificant distance, but you know he got dressed and walked over there anyway. Every morning …to eat breakfast and more importantly, chat with the locals.

The man loves to talk.

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36 thoughts on “Foggy morning feeding.”

  5. Did he bring back breakfast for you or do you both get up at that appalling early hour? (I often go to sleep at the same hour y’all are getting up!) When we traveled my husband always got up at his usual time (pretty much the same as yours), showered. dressed and then went out in search of breakfast for the both if us…Gotta love NYC delis and hotel breakfast buffets…Heck of a wing span on gulls…

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    1. We both get up early, though he usually beats me by 10-15 minutes. He has a big appetite in the morning, I don’t. A smoothie or an English muffin at 7:30-8:00 will suffice for me, he wants a full meal at 6:00am and therefore eats without me. But he did bring me back wonderful pastries.
      😉

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      1. They are determined individuals, and that is partly why lazy human beings hate them. I think I would take seagulls over humans anytime.
        Especially if they are named Jonathon Livingstone!

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  10. We had a gull get stuck on our balcony during a cruise. The crew were like, whatever, it’ll be fine. But the damn thing couldn’t figure out how to get over the railing. I eventually tilted a chair and ‘scooped’ it over the rail, where it flew off to much cheering from the other balconies.

    I still don’t like the bastards…

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  11. Considering the man rigged an umbrella to shield a hummingbird from the rain, I’m not the least bit surprised he laid out a buffet for the seagulls.

    Considering how loud and obnoxious seagulls are, I’m not the least bit surprised the local boater told him to knock it off.

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    1. Seagulls are a natural part of the sea. Hence their name. If you want to live by the sea…or on, as the case may be… you need to learn to share it with the gulls. Fair is fair, they have to share it with you.
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