As one might guess, I spend a lot of time on the pier. It is one of the places that brings complete tranquility...there and the swamps. It is while I am in these places that I find some of my best "friends"...those of the critter sort. Yesterday's friend was a young seagull that seemed to be quite interested in my fishing bait. Gulls have been known to steal a few of the menhaden that I use to catch my lunch or catch catfish for the crab pots. This gull was just waiting for its chance! So... to avoid snagging the gull in an attempt to pull my bait from its beak, I decided to just toss the bird a few minnows. That would satisfy it and, thus, keep it safe.
Before being fed, the bird sat on the post of my brother's pier. Our piers are a short distance apart so the gull had a perfect "bird's eye view" of the happenings on our pier. Once I offered it the minnows, it came to visit then decided to fly southward over the water. Instead of going back to the pier post, the goofy gull took a swim. Yep, for the next hour, the gull paddled around like a duck. It seemed to be one happy camper just floating on the water and never made an effort to find a perching spot. This was the longest that I have witnessed a gull swim. Those little webbed feet where getting a workout! Its belly was full so now it could just paddle away the morning without a care in the world.
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