On Monday, July 11, 2016 at 10:42:39 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> I have been keeping an eye on the local sour cherry orchards. One around
> the corner from me looks like it is just about ready for harvest. We
> were driving past it yesterday and I saw a strange side. There was a
> flock of herring gulls flying around one corner of it. It is quite
> common to see gulls flocking to fields that are being plowed or mowed,
> but there was no tractor and nothing happening. There was one gull
> perched in a tree and he appeared to be eating cherries. I didn't know
> gull liked fresh fruit enough to eat it from a tree but what was more
> curious was to see a web footed bird perched on a branch.

I once saw a duck perched in a tree. Probably a wood duck:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_duck>

It was a little too far away to really see its coloring.

Cindy Hamilton