Remnant On a Beach Gone By

soul submerged in sand tilted wing in memory seagull waves good-bye footnote: What's the difference between a gull and a seagull? People who say “seagull,” we assure each other, are wrong. There's no such thing as a seagull—the correct term is simply “gull," because gulls don't live exclusively near the sea. This is a hill many birders have chosen to die on.