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Author:      sarah smith
Text:        Where do sea gulls go at night?  Do they sleep in palm trees?

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Text:        When I was in the Sea of Cortez studying the marine biology of 
the area, I did notice gulls spend the night in a variety of areas.  Some flew 
to an island and found shelter in rock ledges and some lazily floated on the 
air currents.  (I do not know whether they were sleeping, though I could so it 
seems gulls do not have and any specific resting spot, but just sleep where 
ever they get sleepy!)  However, I have never seen one in a tree.  Gulls tend 
not to be tree birds, but more shore and open water birds.  Next time your 
near a body of water, look out for the gulls at night and find out where they 
go at night!