The internet is full of wild bird videos.\u00a0 If you want to learn about behavior and vocalizations, it can be a great place to start, at least for certain species.\u00a0 Gulls are a terrific example.\u00a0 They’re loud, they’re conspicuous, they’re tame, and when engaged in their behaviors, they ignore gawking humans with videocameras.\u00a0 I was able to observe more behaviors from more gull species in a few hours on YouTube than I could have seen in a couple of weeks at the beach.<\/p>\n
Today, I share the fruits of my labors, categorized by species and behavior type.\u00a0 This is nowhere near comprehensive — each time I go back to the internet, I find more videos worth including.\u00a0 I’ve had to limit this to the large gulls (genus Larus<\/em>) for now, and even so, many species aren’t even represented here at all yet. If you find footage worth including, please leave a comment or shoot me an email and let me know.<\/p>\n For an introduction to the gull behaviors mentioned here, see my last post<\/a>.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n Cornell’s “How Nature Works: Gull Territoriality” <\/strong>— a good overview of gull behaviors, starring mostly Herring Gulls and a few Great Black-backeds<\/p>\nAmerican Herring Gull<\/h3>\n