Went fishing for striper again today and accidentally caught a seagull. Felt sorry for the poor bastard and didn't want to cut the line to leave the hook in its beak, so I reeled it in and carefully finagled it out with the help of a nifty hook removal tool.
i've had both gulls and pelicans (and one osprey) dive on my top-water plugs before. osprey scared hell out of me. don't want to deal with something with a beak like that AND talons...