<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>As if in denial, the flock of Ring-billed Gulls remains on location at Excelsior Blvd and 17th Ave. S., in Hopkins. But instead of being on the roof of their torn down building, they are on the ground at the exact same spot. They are spaced apart from each other (as if maintaining a social distance) and it looks like they are occupying territories. I hope they don't try to nest on the ground.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Don Grussing</div><div>Minnetonka</div></div></body></html>