St. Mary's County, MD Kelp Gul (YES!) Update 4/19/99

Jane Kostenko (jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us)
Mon, 19 Apr 1999 10:37:22 -0400


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    I'm just back from the Sea Breeze Restaurant in St. Mary's County, =
MD, where the Kelp Gull was putting on quite a show, after having not =
been seen since Sunday, April 11.
    The restaurant manager had called me today, April 19, at 8:45 a.m. =
to say the gull had been at the pier since around 8 a.m., and he was =
going to put out shrimp and oysters for it.
    I arrived at 9:13 and the Kelp Gull was busy chasing Common Terns =
(easy pickings) from piling to piling. When it saw me, it flew over to =
its favorite piling (after chasing off a Herring Gull) and posed, with =
two Great Black-backs in the background. When that failed to inspire me =
to produce any raw shrimp, it gave a squawk, flew over my head, landed =
in the water, chased more Herring Gulls, and settled in the water again.
    It came back to its piling (not another human was around, so I was =
carrying on quite a conversation with it) and gave me a look that =
clearly said, "Hello!? I'm rare, I'm gorgeous, and I'm here, and you're =
leaving?!" when I got in my car and left at 9:30.
    So, fine; I've pretty much decided I need to give up my low-paying =
county government job and take on the lucrative bathroom-cleaning =
janitorial position that the Sea Breeze has been trying to fill for =
months. Think of the mileage I'll save myself on trips to see the bird! =
Plus, I won't have to explain these odd mid-morning "lunch breaks" I've =
been taking!

Jane Kostenko
jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us
California, MD
301-475-4513 (work)
301-862-4623 (home)

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    I'm just=20 back from the Sea Breeze Restaurant in St. Mary's County, MD, where the = Kelp=20 Gull was putting on quite a show, after having not been seen since = Sunday, April=20 11.
    The=20 restaurant manager had called me today, April 19, at 8:45 a.m. to say = the gull=20 had been at the pier since around 8 a.m., and he was going to put out = shrimp and=20 oysters for it.
    I arrived=20 at 9:13 and the Kelp Gull was busy chasing Common Terns (easy pickings) = from=20 piling to piling. When it saw me, it flew over to its favorite piling = (after=20 chasing off a Herring Gull) and posed, with two Great Black-backs in the = background. When that failed to inspire me to produce any raw shrimp, it = gave a=20 squawk, flew over my head, landed in the water, chased more Herring = Gulls, and=20 settled in the water again.
    It came=20 back to its piling (not another human was around, so I was carrying on = quite a=20 conversation with it) and gave me a look that clearly said, = "Hello!? I'm=20 rare, I'm gorgeous, and I'm here, and you're leaving?!" when I got = in my=20 car and left at 9:30.
    So, fine;=20 I've pretty much decided I need to give up my low-paying county = government job=20 and take on the lucrative bathroom-cleaning janitorial position that the = Sea=20 Breeze has been trying to fill for months. Think of the mileage I'll = save myself=20 on trips to see the bird! Plus, I won't have to explain these odd = mid-morning=20 "lunch breaks" I've been taking!
 
Jane=20 Kostenko
jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us
California,=20 MD
301-475-4513=20 (work)
301-862-4623=20 (home)
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