At Highpoint, Victoria, I have observed silver gulls (also called seagulls, gulls and silvergulls), the commonest species of gull in Victoria, feeding during the night-time. I have never observed this behavior anywhere else and I believe it is unusual enough to give a blog post about.
I reasearched about it and saw that the Birding Forum 'Birding-Aus' had a 'thread' about the behaviour. It states that silver gulls use artificial lights to catch insects, because garbage supplies were running out. There is also a photo on flicker of a bird doing this.
Can anybody confirm that this theory is true?
Or refer me to studies about this behaviour that are being, or already have been, done?
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