i love when gulls become fluffy cubes like this, its so cute and funny looking. im eternally grateful that these derpy things are real creatures that breathe the same air as me and each have their own little lives and experiences and thoughts… sometimes when they watch me back and i can tell the gears are turning in their heads, i wonder if they’re thinking the same things about me. we humans do look pretty weird and awkward compared to most other animals after all, maybe they think i look funny when i sit a certain way too.

just a little halloween fun - but oh gosh he was too adorable to leave there when I saw him. 🥹

@Niagra falls

Photo taken with my Canon Rebel T6i DSLR + 300 mm lens, at Burnaby Lake, Burnaby, Canada.

Prefacing this by saying I do not hate seagulls and and I don't want to bring them any harm.

Last few years i've had an every increasing problem of seagulls nesting on my roof. They attack adults, children and animald whrn they're out in the garden or leaving / coming into the house. They've recently taken up permanent residence even when not nesting.

4 of 7 nights a week I'm woken up at 5 AM by them screaming on my roof. Is there any way I can deter them safely anf d humanely? I'm not out to hurt them I'm judt sick of constant shit on cars / getting woken up by them, getting dive bombed just leaving my house.

Anti bird netting isn't an option, falconers I'm not fond of the idea because if one is caught it'll be killed. Again I'm not out to harm them.

Maybe I'm just asking a fruitless question but it's worth a shot. Any advice is appreciated

The Great Black-Backed Gull on the right has a fishing hook caught in its bill.

love these dudes