Jonathan, is that you? Getting swooped by a seagull can be a bit Alfred Hitchcockish. You just never know that that bird’s eye view is capturing and processing in the moment. Or who the bird is that one — that Jonathan Livingston Seagull — trying to be a non-conformist.
Continue reading Nature Call Focus: Gull’s Eye ViewThe days have been dank on the banks of the Navesink River.
Yet, sea gulls seem to always seem to settle into a bit of hovering and hanging out at Victory Park in Rumson.
Year after year, damp days or not, they always come back home, lie many this time of year.
It’s another familiar scene down by the river. You’ve seen it before. Take a look again … It never gets old.
— Elaine Van Develde
It’s unseasonably warm. The Navesink River is drenched in sun. And the seagulls are soaking what may just be the last summery fall day all up.
“Such a picture perfect spot, isn’t it?” a woman going to dinner at Barnacle Bill’s said Wednesday as dusk hit the banks of the Navesink River in Rumson. “Beautiful.”
She smiled, nodded and added, “We’re so lucky to have this …”
Yes, we are. The gulls flocked to the dock and little swath of beach at the spot. They seemed to be having a meeting.
All present. All savoring home.
Take a look … (Click to enlarge!)
— Elaine Van Develde
The weather has been so season-appropriate that it almost looks like the seagulls have been dancing on the beach.
OK, maybe not dancing, but they’re seemingly sunning and hopping along — happily. OK, maybe they just see something good to eat and are anticipating a good grab and gobble.
Whatever the case may be, the gulls on the beach in Sea Bright are hanging out pretty close to humans.
Take a look at this human’s eye view.
— Elaine Van Develde
All it takes is one crumb to stir up some seagulls.
That’s what happened just at dusk on the edge of the Sea Bright beach the other day as people were packing it in and up at the end of the beach day.
It was no Alfred Hitchcock movie, but the skies were eerie hues of blue and yellow peppered with the gulls.
Yes, there’s a gull in every beach crowd … and photo.
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