Gulls are very opportunistic as anyone in a mall parking lot knows. They are not above begging, stealing or borrowing - although I'm not completely sure about the latter. Gulls, of course, have webbed feet, so there are certain places you won't see them. Sitting on a telephone wire or on a tree branch, for example. So, I was amazed a couple years ago when I saw some gulls solve the problem of harvesting the fruit from a Bradford pear. They were using their wings in a strong wind to stay in place next to branches so that they could pick the haws without landing. Is that smart, or what? You can see where the one on the left has dropped the fruit it had just picked. You have to admire their ingenuity.
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