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	Seagull Monument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Monument commemorates what some members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church, see also "Mormons") call the Miracle of the Gulls.
		This event, popularly called the "Miracle of the Gulls", is well-remembered by Latter-day Saints as a miracle.
		The seagull (California gull) is now the Utah State bird.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seagull_Monument (251 words)

	Miracle of the Gulls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Miracle of the Gulls is often credited by Latter-day Saints ("Mormons") for saving the Mormon pioneer's first harvest in Utah.
		For this reason, Seagull Monument was erected and the California gull is the state bird of Utah.
		Historical evidence furthermore suggests that the gulls arrived after much damage had already been wrecked by frost and drought and that the "miracle" was not commonly recognized as such until after it occurred.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/miracle_of_the_gulls (597 words)

	Gospel Link
		The appearance of gulls was described in a letter of June 9 to Brigham Young in the following manner: "The sea gulls have come in large flocks from the lake and sweep the crickets as they go; it seems the hand of the Lord is in our favor" (Hartley, p.
		Ornithologists have noted that gulls, whose spring and summer habitat centers on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, regularly return to the valleys of the Great Basin to devour crickets, grasshoppers, and other insects, and that the 1848 appearance of the gulls was therefore not unusual.
		In honor of this occasion, the indigenous California gull became the Utah state bird, and in 1913 the Seagull Monument on Temple Square was dedicated to commemorate the birds´ role in the 1848 crisis.
	ldsfaq.byu.edu /emmain.asp?number=168 (695 words)

	sandiego.com: San Diego Sports Page
		While both the Gulls offense and defense may have been severely lacking, their fortune wasn't after a lucky bounce resulted in a score that cut the Ice Dogs lead in a half at the 14:20 mark.
		Thoroughly humiliated by the whipping they were receiving, the Gulls tried to prove their masculinity with fists since they were utterly impotent with the puck.
		More than likely, the Gulls will miss the playoffs for the first time in 10 years unless there is some sort of major collapse on the part of both the Fresno Falcons and Idaho Steelheads coupled with a miracle 11-0 run on the part of the Gulls.
	www.sandiego.com /sports.jsp?x=000&id=202 (2122 words)

	NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife - Delaware Bay Shorebird Migration - Daily Log 2005
		The gulls themselves were having a feeding frenzy as, for the first time this season, there was a scum of horseshoe crab eggs on the tide edge which were being washed up and deposited on the beach at the high-tide mark.
		Repeated jiggling cleared the gulls from the catching area only temporarily, and this process was repeated perhaps as many as 25 times over the half-hour period which it took Nick to move the shorebirds along the beach towards the catching area.
		Further observations of the gull exclosure indicated that, although having a significant effect on bird distribution on the beach, some gulls, in addition to the shorebirds, were feeding under it at times.
	www.state.nj.us /dep/fgw/ensp/delbaylog05.htm (17274 words)

	The Miracle Mountain by Colin Carr-Nall BA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Battered by the Ocean With the winds wild and free There is a land of rock and cave Carved by the sea.
		Blown trees in hedges of stone Church in the blast of the gale.
		Gulls blown awry by the breath of the wind Travelling its endless trail.
	www.koolpages.com /viz/miracle.htm (93 words)

	CALIFORNIA GULL FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The California Gull, ''Larus californicus'', is a medium-sized gull, smaller than the Herring_Gull but larger than the Ring-billed_Gull.
		Adults are similar in appearance to the Herring Gull, but have a smaller yellow bill with a fl ring, yellow legs, brown eyes and a more rounded head.
		Immature birds are also similar in appearance to immature Herring Gulls, with browner plumage than immature Ring-billed Gulls.
	www.palfacts.com /California_Gull (205 words)

	Weldon Kees \| "A Distance From The Sea" \| poetry archive \| plagiarist.com
		The gulls flew over, Dropping, crying alone; thin ragged lengths of cloud Drifted in bars across the sun.
		But if you want a miracle, you have to work for it, Lay your plans carefully and keep one jump Ahead of the crowd.
		To report a miracle Is a pleasure unalloyed; but staging one requires Tact, imagination, a special knack for the job Not everyone possesses.
	plagiarist.com /poetry/3081 (485 words)

	The miracle of the seagulls
		This is because of a miracle that occured in 1848.
		The Gulls dealt with only one problem and too late at that.
		Like other popular accounts of important and unusual historical events, over the years the details of the cricket war of 1848 have been oversimplified, improved upon, and been given somewhat legendary characteristics.
	www.lds-mormon.com /seagulls.shtml (312 words)

	Rocky Mountain Saints - Chapter XXXIV.
		At one time myriads of crickets attacked their fields of grain, till it seemed that all would be utterly destroyed; but “the Lord” sent flocks of gulls from the islands of the lake to devour the destroyers.
		The gulls came in the early dawn of morning and feasted upon the crickets all day.
		The Mormons very naturally claim that the coming of the gulls was a great miracle in their behalf.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Cyprus/6373/tbstenhousechp34.html (3391 words)

	Utah Marshes
		The California gulls formerly nested mainly on islands, but man has added so much food to their diet that they now nest in the marsh areas also.
		The miracle of the gulls in pioneer times truly happened.
		The gulls, which regurgitate food to their young, ate the crickets, regurgitated on the ditch banks, and fed again -- repeating the process for days!
	www.geocities.com /naturenotes/marshes.htm (830 words)

	Mormon history gives cricket its name (printable version)
		As the legend goes, that help arrived in the form of flocks of hungry sea gulls that winged their way to the infested fields from islands in the Great Salt Lake.
		“There’s a strong feeling that the sea gulls were a miracle; that they came in to save the crops,” Fuller said.
		In a modern-day sequel of sorts to the popular Mormon legend, clouds of gulls descended on Cold Springs north of Reno in June 2002, munching on the Mormon crickets infesting the area.
	www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=45222 (378 words)

	Charles Memminger - Honolulu Lite
		As promised, I got to the bottom of this sea gull mystery and I'm happy to say that my research just might cause a lot of tourist brochures, not to mention the World Book Encyclopedia, to be changed.
		And the "sea gull" is NOT the Utah state bird.
		So any suggestion that it was some kind of miracle that sea birds suddenly materialized to gobble up the crickets is off base.
	starbulletin.com /96/07/24/features/memminger.html (683 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Utah
		Water birds that breed on the islands in Great Salt Lake include the snowy egret, double-crested cormorant, white pelican, green heron, white-faced ibis, and the California gull, which is the state bird.
		The Western Stampede, one of the West’s liveliest rodeos, is held in West Jordan in early July.
		One instance of their luck was the so-called miracle of the gulls, the sudden arrival of sea gulls during the spring of 1848.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761577046__1/Utah.html (11899 words)

	Puffin magic - The Boston Globe
		The islands are now protected from hunting, but his researchers have discovered that the puffins will probably need protection from gulls that proliferate around human activities such as fishing and garbage.
		On another island in the project, Donehower watched as 3,000 eider chicks, one by one, were snapped up by gulls.
		The gulls were too many and too quick.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/08/12/puffin_magic (724 words)

	The Gulls: A true Utah Legend from American Folklore
		Then, when we had lost all hope, the morning sky was filled with the hoarse cry of gulls and the sound of wings.
		Before our eyes, thousands of gulls descended over the Great Salt Lake and commenced a great feasting upon the crickets.
		Every day the gulls came to eat the crickets until there were no more crickets left.
	www.americanfolklore.net /folktales/ut1.html (221 words)

	Commonwealth Coast Conference Sports Links - RealSportsNetwork.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end.
		The real miracle is the love that inspires them.
		One is as though nothing is a miracle.
	www.realsportsnetwork.com /Basketball_College_and_University_NCAA_Division_III_Commonwealth_Coast_Conference.html (1809 words)

	Reviews: Parting the Veil
		Barber's most ambitious story "A Brief History of Seagulls: A Trilogy with Notes," is really three stories about the famous miracle of the gulls in the lives of an 1848 pioneer woman, a modern separated couple, and the hazard gulls pose to planes from Hill Air Force Base.
		In a wrenching scene in the first vignette, a young Mormon wife sacrifices her one treasured luxury—a set of delicate curtains—to be used in beating back the crickets.
		Perhaps the miracle is in the eye of the beholder.
	www.signaturebooks.com /reviews/parting.htm (3417 words)

	, Other -
		In downtown Salt Lake City, a monument to the sea gull commemorates “The Miracle of the Gulls.” A similar infestation in 1847 threatened the early Mormon settlers until a horde of sea gulls arrived from the Great Salt Lake and devoured the crickets.
		The sea gull became the state bird of Utah.
		However, no such modern miracle is relieving the situation this year, and experts are telling residents that there is nothing that they can do except band together and prepare for next season.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /tips/getAttraction.php3?tip_AttractionNo== (941 words)

	Art in Mormonism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Miracle of the Gulls, by Minerva K. Teichert (1936, oil on canvas, 40" x 46").
		The event has become known as the "miracle of the gulls."
		From the earliest days of the Church, its leaders have recognized the significant role art plays in enlightening and inspiring Church members.
	www.lightplanet.com /mormons/daily/arts/Art_EOM.htm (771 words)

	Pioneer Days Game
		For Pioneer Days, I thought it would be fun to go over the Miracle of the Gulls with the kids.
		I didn't write the questions on the back of the pieces because I will use this with other songs later on...
		If they pick a gull, they get to choose a style of singing for the song you choose.
	www.christysclipart.com /gull_game.html (484 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- La Jolla girl runs 5:16 mile
		Several elite runners canceled less than 24 hours before the start of yesterday's inaugural UCSD Miracle Mile, but nothing could have been further from the mind – or body – of Nihal Kayali.
		The 13-year-old girl from La Jolla seared the Miracle Mile's combined youth competition, traversing the course on the UCSD campus on a cool, overcast morning in a time of 5 minutes, 16 seconds.
		Though a bit disappointed by the late scratches, UCSD Miracle Mile organizers got together after the race to start planning next year's event.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20041017-9999-1s17mile.html (525 words)

	Bird Watcher's General Store
		That roof is covered with hungry gulls, but somehow the killdeer eggs and chicks manage to avoid the gulls year after year.
		If you think avoiding gulls is a minor miracle, check this out.
		Unlike songbirds that are born blind and totally dependent on their parents, killdeer chicks hatch out ready to go.
	www.birdwatchersgeneralstore.com /killdeer.htm (597 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Magazine
		Pacific sea gulls, it is pointed out, routinely migrate to the Great Salt Lake and feed on insects.
		Since 1831 the hardy band of believers had been almost constantly on the move, from New York to Ohio to Missouri to Illinois to Utah, seeking in each place to build the Zion prophesied in their scriptures.
		But the arrival of the sea gulls, seemingly from heaven, was an unmistakable sign that this time things would be different.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1998/3/1998_3_102.shtml (4272 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		In late May 1848, one year after arriving in Utah, Mormon (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Pioneers were plagued by crickets [written reports affirm that the fields and mountain sides were flened by their shear numbers].
		Not only was each gull witnessed to eat dozens of these crickets, but once full the gulls regurgitated the crickets and continued to eat more.
		Thus, the vast majority of crickets were destroyed, so much of the pioneer`s crops were saved; the event becoming known as the Miracle of the Gulls.
	www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/america_united_states/utah.html (2710 words)

	Jigsaw Thoughts: 03/01/2004 - 03/31/2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The auditory landscape is gulls and boating sounds.
		I can't see but a single piece of medical equipment (the hoyer fit in one of the larger closets without a single twist required.) There's a damned attractive courtyard three feet from where I'm sitting and past the window.
		Every so often, I can gear gulls (it's 200 feet past my window and requires getting up to actually see water, but I can hear the gulls.) A tired puppy is curled up next to me. I can reach my CPU for the first time in months.
	www.divamind.com /corey/jigsaw/2004_03_01_jigarc.html (8700 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Israelis hail win as a Passover miracle
		A desperate three-pointer at the buzzer that propelled an Israeli basketball team into the European championships was hailed yesterday as nothing less than divine intervention, a new Passover miracle.
		Maccabi Tel Aviv's victory Thursday in Jerusalem, along with affirmation last month that Israel will host the championship "Final Four," offered the war-weary nation a rare chance at normalcy, reported The Associated Press.
		"You have witnessed a miracle," Maccabi coach Pini Gershon declared after the game that saw his team come from behind to defeat Lithuania's Zalgiris Kaunas.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20040410-9999-lz1s10gallry.html (357 words)

	"Geller, Gulls and Nitinol"
		Being curious to know who else was present during this second miracle, I wrote Byrd for details.
		I almost ignored the invitation to respond to Martin Gardner's article "Geller, Gulls, and Nitinol," but decided that it needed to be on record that I did not 100 per cent agree with it...
		A few were easy to make, such as referring to me as an operations analyst instead of a physical scientist and spelling Ordnance, "Ordinance." However, others were made on purpose to mislead the reader.
	www.zem.demon.co.uk /gardner.htm (7282 words)

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