Originally Posted by
TMOliver
?...... often arriving as tough as one imagines a seagull might be after a non-stop exercise flight from Newfoundland to Ireland.
Seagulls are coastal birds that do not fly long distances. Shearwaters do fly considerable distances over water. Strangely you also occasionally come across pigeons far out to sea. They are lost, poor souls. They are powerful long distance flyers but can't land on water to rest; shearwaters can.