I can still remember about ten years ago at dawn, when I was walking along the beach on the Oregon coast. As I was listening to the sound of the surf, I noticed a flock of seagulls about twenty feet above me. I was so captivated by them, that I laid down near the shore and watched them frolic in the air. I planned on watching them all morning, until one seagull accidentally dropped a half chewed fish head in my mouth. I was sick for two weeks. What the…