Crazy bird story most people probably don't know. I was born on the Outer Banks of NC. Seagulls were making the highway slippery as they were dropping crabs and other crustaceans on the road to break them open to more easily get to the meat inside. The state painted seagulls on Highway 12 thinking that a gull wouldn't drop their bounty onto another gull. That didn't really work all that well so the gull painting eventually just wore away and weren't replaced.
I'm your huckleberry.