Wingin’ it and missed the mark! #Wordless Wednesday #Ring-billed Seagull

Posted on January 7, 2026 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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34 Responses to Wingin’ it and missed the mark! #Wordless Wednesday #Ring-billed Seagull

  1. Anne's avatar Anne says:
    January 7, 2026 at 5:32 am

    What a fun photograph!

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  2. Anne Mehrling's avatar Anne Mehrling says:
    January 7, 2026 at 6:49 am

    That’s a dramatic photograph!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      January 7, 2026 at 7:46 pm

      I know! That gull really swooped in, but was too low and missed the big rock entirely. It was not hurt, as it flew away a few minutes later, probably hoping none of the other gulls saw him.

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  5. Dave's avatar Dave says:
    January 7, 2026 at 2:05 pm

    An angel comes to mind here, or at least, our earthly image of an angel. The wings are at just the right angle. Maybe this gull was heaven-sent?

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      January 7, 2026 at 7:55 pm

      That’s interesting Dave as I never equated the wings with an angel, but yes, maybe it was heaven-sent? This poor gull misjudged where it planned to perch. But it was not injured and flew off (hoping no other gulls saw what he/she did).

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  6. Pepper's avatar Pepper says:
    January 7, 2026 at 3:34 pm

    Uh, oh! 😁

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  7. Debbie D.'s avatar Debbie D. says:
    January 7, 2026 at 5:18 pm

    Great capture! 👌 A slight miscalculation on the gull’s part. 😆

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  8. Laurie's avatar Laurie says:
    January 7, 2026 at 5:39 pm

    Poor gull! He’s not a baby, so maybe he is sick or old. You were at the right place at the right time to take that picture!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      January 7, 2026 at 8:08 pm

      Yes, I was lucky to get this photo Laurie. It happened so quickly, but this gull was able to perch on a lower boulder and then it flew away, red-faced if any other gulls saw what he/she did. 🙂

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  9. Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com's avatar Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com says:
    January 7, 2026 at 7:52 pm

    Haha! Sometimes I wonder if animals feel embarrassment. Gosh knows they do some pretty silly things sometimes.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      January 7, 2026 at 8:11 pm

      Yes, it was funny Janis as the gull wasn’t injured and took off a few minutes later from a lower boulder (before any other gulls saw it). I wonder if animals feel embarrassed too. I was at the Park once and a Blue Jay swooped down for a peanut and miscalculated the distance to beat the squirrel taking it and the Jay smacked into a tree. It bounced off, landed on the ground, stunned, but then went for the peanut a minute later.

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  10. Stevens's avatar Stevens says:
    January 8, 2026 at 11:36 am

    Miss Linda………………………………………whew!!…………………………this water’s too cold for me!

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  11. indianeskitchen's avatar indianeskitchen says:
    January 8, 2026 at 3:41 pm

    Great shot Linda!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      January 8, 2026 at 9:45 pm

      Thank you Diane! It was a good example of being at the right place and at the right time!

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      • indianeskitchen's avatar indianeskitchen says:
        January 10, 2026 at 11:06 pm

        You do that a lot. You also have an eye for nature!

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        January 11, 2026 at 6:47 pm

        Thank you! Sometimes it is just pure look like that, especially with birds since they don’t always stay long in one place. Today’s post will be bees and butterflies … that plant I may have mentioned that was at the Lake Erie Metropark Grow Zone, Virginia Mountain Mint. It was a butterfly and bee magnet. I came home with a lot of photos, but not that many I could actually use as it was a bit windy and the butterflies had a difficult time staying in place. I have the rest of the walk another time as it was really only Egrets.

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  12. Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
    January 9, 2026 at 12:19 am

    great shot and the open wings with the contrast and also harmony with the rocks was stunning here

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  13. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    January 9, 2026 at 1:11 am

    They surely feel embarrassed and try to hide what’s wrong with them. And they are quite aware of others. There was the time when i gave Tweetie (the Yellow Nape) a sweet potato fry, and she immediately dropped it. And i said, “You are so rotten spoiled.” And then she said, “So are you.” 😉

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      January 9, 2026 at 8:11 pm

      I don’t doubt that at all Tom as animals and birds don’t want to be seen as sick or helpless. So this seagull wasn’t hurt that I could tell as it landed on a boulder below and then took off … quickly I might add. Your birds have always amazed me with their intelligence, but then you have encouraged that by letting them watch “Sesame Street” or interacting with them all the time. I’m sure you were taken aback at what Tweety said! My mom was in the kitchen 90% of her day and she interacted with our birds all day long. The two parakeets we had, at different times, each had a good vocabulary. The one we named “Joey” couldn’t pronounce the letter “J” so every time he said his name it came out like “Y” so “Yoey”. Pets give us so much enjoyment.

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  14. J P's avatar J P says:
    January 11, 2026 at 11:22 am

    V is for Victory! Or maybe for Vexed?

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      January 11, 2026 at 6:49 pm

      Gee, take your pick JP as they both work. I actually thought that seagull would careen into that boulder, so vexed … but it took off a few minutes later, so victory. I think it was mortified if its peers had seen what it did – as to me seeing it, I was just the human attached to the camera and didn’t count.

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