Young Gull Get Out Of My Mind

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‘sup?

This morning.

Derek Haughton writes:

Anyone know what the hell this is? [It’s a baby seagull: see comments]. Poor thing is calling out for its mammy on the path at the Drimnagh Luas stop. Size 7 (shoe*) for scale.

Anyone?

* Possibly slippers (see comments).

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18 thoughts on “Young Gull Get Out Of My Mind”

    1. Slightly Bemused

      I don’t see why not. It is a song about a man realising she is too young before anything happens, and is saying no.Something surprising for pop songs of the day, where many referred to girls of 16. Indeed there is the famous one of Neil Diamond, covered in Pulp Fiction, ‘Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon’ which is a little creepy.

      Gary Puckett talks a bit about it on an Australian talk show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1QJdyB0LvE&ab_channel=Studio10

      1. scottser

        songs written for underage girls would be an illuminating yet creepy nicks tix competition.

        1. Slightly Bemused

          That is true! Probably a lot of Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis entries, too :-)

  4. fluffybiscuits

    Is he wearing slippers getting the bus? Im going to wear them into work this afternoon

    Gull-ty as charged?

      1. Slightly Bemused

        I had not heard rubber dollies for a while. My dad, proud Corkman that he is, used it all the time, much to my Dublin mother’s dislike. Great name :-)

        Thanks, V, for giving me a smile this morning

  6. Eoineyo

    If it was found close to the canal, it could be a moor hen chick, the adults are usually black, they nest among the reeds on the bank of the canal.

    It could also be a seagull.

    1. dhaughton99

      I’m just after passing it again and its swimming in the canal with a load of ducks following it.

      1. Eoineyo

        Something has probably happened to the parents or they abandoned it. If its the regular mallard duck following it they are probably trying to move it on, if the parents are gone it will probably end up as food for another bird to feed it’s chicks with.

  7. Gary

    It’s a herring gull chick, I have them nesting on my chimney every year. Likely fell from a nest of a nearby roof. If anyone has an ounce of decentsy take him in for a few weeks, judging by his size he will be flying mid to late July. I’d get him myself only im very far from there.

  8. Enn

    If the parents return and see you messing with the chick they are more than capable of launching a summerlong campaign of relentless poo targeting, dive-bombing, and verbal abuse against you. Seagulls are the backstards of the animal kingdom.

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