I was relaxing on my couch this
morning when much to my shock a seagull crashed into a paperback rack I keep in
my apartment and got tangled up for a bit. It finally relaxed, and, after
getting a suggestion from a friend on Facebook, grabbed a towel to try to
gently take it out.
It was a baby seagull, and I
briefly thought it might be one of my stuff animal birds (the child friendly
type, no taxidermy stuff in my place). I took a couple photos and they talked
nicely to it as I try to grab it. It ran
off, in the general direction of my balcony. I tried coaxing it further that
direction but it disappeared. Not sure where exactly. I didn’t think it had
escaped but I couldn’t see it anywhere.
A couple hours later I heard it
move again and found it on top of some DVDs. More photos and capture attempt.
It flew on top of my entertainment centre (which worried me because I keep
comics there). It had a great view of the balcony but wasn’t moving. After more
photos I tried tossing a puffed cheese snack out the balcony. No luck.
Another attempt. This time it flew
to a DVD shelf and was now only about 30 cm away from the balcony. More photos and cheese snacks. I tried
holding the towel across my hands so it could land on it. Still nothing. I finally
made one more attempt. This time it flew out on my balcony. As I tried closing
the balcony, it flew off. The baby
seagull was now finally outside and hopefully able to reunite with its
family. Hopefully no major decorations while
it was inside.
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