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Watch for the gulls. They gather to feast.
Their prey river herring are on an epic, ancient journey to their birthplace to spawn and replenish their species. But first, they must navigate their way upstream, bolt through a series of fish ladders and evade swarms of ravenous gulls and an array of other hungry creatures.
The herring are running.
Here s how acclaimed Brewster nature writer John Hay described a predatory conclave in Nature s Year (1961): The big white and gray birds hover over, then dive down in a flock where the fish crowd in shallow water on their way up. The valley is full of marauding and assemblies and crying out as the fish keep on, rushing and weaving with the stream flowing over their backs.