“Cawing” all seagulls! DownloadThere are more than two dozen species of gulls living in North America. Some people might dismiss them as just “seagulls.” But not the people of Port Orchard, a small town on Washington State’s Puget Sound. Each year, hundreds of people gather at the town’s waterfront in late May for the annual Seagull Calling Festival. Contestants — most of them in grade school — chirp, caw, and flap their way down the beach. Transcript: BirdNote® “Seagull” Calling Contest Written and Recorded by Jason Saul This is BirdNote.[Sounds of Washington State gulls — Glaucous-winged, Western...]There are more than two dozen species of gulls living in North America.Some people might dismiss them as just “seagulls.” But not the people of Port Orchard, a small town on Washington’s Puget Sound.[Crowd and Caw]In Port Orchard, gulls are celebrated. Each year, hundreds of people gather at the town’s waterfront in late May for the annual Seagull Calling Festival.[Caw]Contestants —
