'Very Annoyed' Seagulls Are Waging War on NYC's Be

🎀 Highlights

the beach bird population of New York City is thoroughly fed up with a recently deployed armada of police

the angry shorebirds have dive-bombed the flying robots in an attempt to expel them from their home.

The point was to allow them to search for sharks (so as to warn beachgoers and avoid a Jaws-type situation) and also to help swimmers who might be struggling, and who were out of reach of the local lifeguard.

The plan, apparently, was to have the robots fly over drowning swimmers and drop flotation devices on their heads.

Experts say the birds may see the robots as an invasive species, one that is a threat to their offspring.

They think they’re defending their chicks from a predator.”

The article also quotes a wildlife biology professor from McGill University who, quite amazingly, is named David Bird.