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On Friday, we all went to the beach with my Grandma, my Mom and my Aunt Cathy. We ate lunch first, after we were done Ethan threw the extra bread to the seagulls. My mom siad that there was one with fishing line caught around it's foot and a bobber hanging from it. I didn't see it. We went swimming and the kids played at the park. They had lots of fun with Aunt Cathy in the water and playing frisbee with her. I should have taken a little video of Gavin's frisbee throwing skills, they need a little improvement to say the least. Well, this seagull with the bobber comes back. The people next to us were trying to get it. It flew a little ways away. Perry follows it, the mom next to us goes to get scissors and some kids are following it as well. The idea was to get close to it and just cut the line. Perry got close enough to step on the line, it was probably at least 3 feet long. Another man got in on the action, too, and helped Perry hold the bird down. The hook was stuck in the birds body, right were the foot connects to the body. They cut the line and then Perry tried to see if the hook would come out. It had started to heal over already. He tried a bit to get it out, but didn't want to hurt the bird too much, and there wasn't much to grip. Perry snapped the hook so that there wouldn't be a big piece hanging out. Then, the other man's wife got his tackle box and they got some pliers. Finally, Perry got the hook out. The bird was bleeding somewhat, but he flew off right after. Hopefully, he's got a better chance now. We're sure that that bobber would have gotten stuck somewhere and he wouldn't have been able to get away.
Here are some pics from that day.