Dry dock work begins !

I was relieved to see that the ship finally made it into dry dock at Pier 70 on Tuesday morning.  The first attempt on Monday was a windy day and they couldn’t make it safely.  I was not a happy Gull because I flew all the way down there early in the morning and got nothing to eat out of the adventure.  On Wednesday I went down there again to see how they were doing and was amazed at how much had been done in one day and how many men in yellow suits were scrambling around.  Despite investigating all locations I could not find any food.  I did however find a dock nearby with a promising looking food source.  It appears to be a boat ramp with tables and chairs and people eating.  This could be a goldmine of leftovers if I work it right.  Food is apparently being served on the deck!

The Herring are here! The Herring are here!

While I was flying down to look at the dry dock preparations at Pier 70 I noticed that there was a lot of activity in the Bay right near the Ferry Building.  Upon closer inspection I discovered that the little boats and swarms of gulls and bobbing seals were all there because the Herring were in the midst of their annual run for spawning into San Francisco Bay. The gulls were trying to snatch the Herring out of the nets of the trawlers and the seals were trying to avoid the boats and nets and catch the Herring in the water.  It was quite a sight . . . chaos was the order of the day.

Cupid's Bow and the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero next to San Francisco Bay

I stopped at Cupid’s Bow to look at the scene and was amazed at the number of boats and gulls.  I like to perch on the tip of the Bow or on top of the arrow to be able to rest and look down on the Bay. How come none of my so called ‘friends’ and relatives didn’t bother to say anything to me about this spawning run? I like fresh Herring as much as any other Gull.  The crew members on the boat were working very hard to haul in the nets and the birds were swirling around looking for fish that escape the boat.