That's not a Seagull it's a Ring Billed Gull
Today I took one of my orninithology classes around the school for a short field trip. Each time is a little more gratifying because they are learning more each class session. Today I noticed two things that were kind of fun. First, as we walk out of the school we always encounter birds because that is where our feeders are set upl Normally I always remind them to stop there and always look at all the birds because even though there are usually our fair share of house sparrows and house finches, you never know when something different may have snuck in. Today I was delayed for just a couple of minutes so they were out ahead of me. When I got out there they were all standing there, binoculars up and talking about what they were seeing. I get the feeling they were just doing it because that is what they are supposed to do but they were doing it because it is fun. The second thing happened on the same field trip. We were standing out in the practice field for the marching band and a gull flew over. Someone said, "hey, there goes a seagull" then a couple of people said, "that isn't a seagul, it's a ring billed gull". I immediately said, "how did you know it's a ring billed gull"? They said that they knew it because everbody is always correcting them when they say "seagull". Everybody is former students. Most would not admit it in front of me but they admit it in front of each other that, that orninithology thing is pretty fun.
