Female Hybrd Western/Gaucous Gull exhibits aggressive behavior in Seattle

I have slowed the speed down at certain part to display the wing pattern of this very aggressive female gull. You can see her very dangerous beak is curved differently than a male gull. She also has a very identifiable call, different from male gulls. Her wings are slimmer than a male gull, enabling her to fly faster and with perhaps greater percision. This is a resident female gull of an established flock because I hear her calls all the time, but mostly in winter. This female gull will not allow for trespassers and will confront any rouge gull it sees, as evidenced by her attack. It looks like she attacked another female gull, but it was hard to tell. Her attack was to inflict maximum harm, diving from above at speed, going quickly for the vulnerable area under an opponent gulls wing. These birds behave differently during colder months, and there are no male gulls around now.

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Education

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• gull
• seagull
• aggressive
• violent
• behavior
• female
• glaucous
• Seattle

[Clarissa83100]

Miss G had this 'disorder' too, she even attacked a German shepherd. She yelled at any other gull and attacked them if they didn't scram. One day she got attacked by another wild gull after shouting at it. Miss G always hated bread without butter and cheese, but she didn't want that other one get what the tourists were throwing. Well, that other gull was perky -- turned around and pecked my Miss on the back, who cried murder. She's a sissy since that day.

[mariojragucci2]

@Clarissa83100 These gulls are more aware of each other than people. I see them communicating with each other by looks they give. A mature gull will not hesitate to confront a dog or any mammal because of its speed and ability to fly. Most of all, the gulls compete with each other, and are very aware of other rouge gulls that trespass. Miss G risks injury if she were to confront a full grown resident gull, especially flock-oriented mates.

[Clarissa83100]

Females are generally smaller than males, but as I learned from professional literature, you can't tell a female from a male (if she is bigger than the average or he smaller). You have to look into them, in order to find out. This gull here is unusually aggressive indeed. They're actually supposed to cooperate in colonies, which is important for the species.

[mariojragucci2]

@Clarissa83100 You can attempt ot sex them by looking at their beak. Also the wings, and of course size. Perhaps like human, not all gulls in a sex are cleqarly defined. Some are more feminine or masculine than others, and most are in between more or less. If I look hard enough at one, or look at a pic with the right angle, then the beak shape is what I look at, when they fly overhead and are soaring, the females are with a more straighter wing

[davthepunk]

Feathered crocodile.

Can you recognise most of your local gulls? I know that it's often the case (depending on the species) that the gulls you see every day in a certain area tend to be the same group of gulls.

[mariojragucci2]

@davthepunk It's easy to recognise the resident gulls because they are ALWAYS around. If I open the window and start tossing food, then they come right away. The lamp posts around here are aggressively defended, especially the one near my window because I toss food. It's easier to ID individual gulls by the way they fly and appear when they fly up to me at the window.

[Clarissa83100]

@mariojragucci2 Miss G lives in a different universe and my backing her up probably made her too bold at first. Compared to those experienced wild gull she's a little dummy. On the other hand she can do other things. Domesticated animals understand human language, so they have something inside, wild animals don't have much.

[Clarissa83100]

@mariojragucci2 Did I tell ya, Miss G was attacked by a gull that had kids on a roof? You probably know they consider solitary gulls risky, so one of the parents nosedived on her, just a few steps away from me! I attacked instantly, our 'enemy' then flew a circle and tried to touch down on Miss G again! So you're right, they're bold birds. Though the 2nd time I almost caught her in the air, while passing me extremely close. She gave up then -- possibly got it that I was Miss G's pal.