WHERE THE EGGS WENT.
SEAGULLS A LAND PEST
A lady residing in Selwyn Street, Onehunga, was at a loss to understand why her ducks appeared, to have suddenly stopped laying. The mystery was solved the other morning when she saw several seagulls drop into the back garden. As. their movements seemed peculiar, she watched them. Presently two of them were seen to stick their beaks into duck eggs, which had been laid in the open, and fly away with them. After that the ducks were kept locked up until they had yielded their inci-easc.
Afterwards, the lady next door began to miss her duck eggs, the number having dwindled from ten to two. Being advised about the feathered visitors, she kept watch and saw them get away with several eggs in the same way. The gulls appeared to have no difficulty in carrying their loot in their beaks until they were out of sight.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 138, 13 June 1929, Page 6
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