....An action would probably
empty the Sumter Landing
Square of
lotioned revelers if a group of Bonaparte gulls decided to bombard the
grills of various Villagers in some kind of French renaissance of the dreams of the Emperor.
Avian Vocalizations Center : AVoCet recording of Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia There would be so many cell phone calls from family members at such a happening that the other Squares might empty out as well. Some might even see a shadow of a
skulking Alfred Hitchcock in a
corner reliving his
avian horror story from
The Birds. Let's just hope such a stampede of concerned Villagers did not
sprain any ankles or twist any knees.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/bonapartes_gull/id
This gull is named after zoologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte, a nephew of Napoleon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonaparte's_Gull