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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25 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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  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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  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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  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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