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Physical description
Habitat Mew Gulls flourish in and along coastal ranges, tidal estuaries, interior lakes, and marshy grassland. Behavior Mew Gulls will not stray far from land and are known to seek the shore first in the occurence of stormy weather. The gull will also advace further inland in large flocks, into agricultural districts, to feast on the exposed worms and larvae after the land has been plowed. Northern gulls will migrate south when breeding season begins. Food Eaten herring, worms, insects, berries, grains, crustaceans, clams, mussels, young sea birds. Predator Cannibalistic adult gulls will eat eggs and hatclings. Predators gulls, sharks Migration Mew gulls migrate in summer through-out Northwestern Canada and Alaska, winter along the Pacific Coast. They rarely migate inland South of its breeding range. |
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