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Huffy_too t1_jcflsaw wrote

They are attracted to large garbage dumps.

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IamSauerKraut t1_jcfn3wi wrote

... and Williamsport is one of the largest around.

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Yomama-22 t1_jcg5ezj wrote

Next to New Jersey

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IamSauerKraut t1_jcg6hu0 wrote

NJ is not in PA despite the desires of those in Cherry Hill, Cape May, Ocean City, Avalon, Stone Harbor, etc.

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Yomama-22 t1_jch7r23 wrote

Yeah I know it’s not in Pa. It’s just a shitshow neighbor.

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TxGinger587 OP t1_jcfnexb wrote

I've been here going on 4 years and have never seen any. It's just strange to me that all of a sudden there's hundreds of them.

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CharacterBrief9121 t1_jcfnu2q wrote

It’s because they’re going north, migration, following waterways. Go up the Susquehanna from the Chesapeake bay. Maybe heading towards Great Lakes. Been in this area since I was born and see it every year.

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dpatches92 t1_jcgdv5g wrote

You've been here for 4 years and never seen any? You must not look up much cause there always around sheetz on maynard....o and Wendy's next too Walmart in montoursville

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TxGinger587 OP t1_jckk2sa wrote

I guess I never took notice. Pigeons and regular birds yes, but not seagulls. LOL

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dpatches92 t1_jd2nx04 wrote

Yes they are a plague in the summer....I like to call them sky rats.

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malepitt t1_jcfod44 wrote

I wonder if it's related to "crows congregating in the city during winter" which I have read may be a response to predators (raptors) out in the countryside. So I wonder if your local flock of gulls has been congregating in a place where a new pair of eagles has set up housekeeping? Wild guess https://www.lycomingaudubon.org/

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-Aus10 t1_jchhcec wrote

I can confirm that it's been happening at least since the 40s in the Montoursville/Williamsport area. Like other people have mentioned, almost every year

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Tdub405 t1_jchup3s wrote

The last 4 years they've been on hiatus. It used to be a yearly mass migration when they moved inland to Acme parking lots when the shore points empty out. They follow the people, because people leave a mess that they can eat. Lol.

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biscaya t1_jcihh2x wrote

YUP! We're about 18 miles from scranton, but we get the seagull infestation once and a while, especially when it's foggy.

Edit: From the landfill

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