Stories & Essays: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Gulls swarm as Richard Hearrell feeds them at Ocean View Beach Park in Norfolk, Va. Some people complain of the ubiquitous birds and the white splatter they leave behind. Not Hearrell. "I don't think they're a nuisance at all. I love them."

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