seagulls flying as the snow is falling

as i went into work this morning, something caught my eye

it took me a minute to realize that what i saw were not ginormous snow flakes floating in the sky, but seagulls...

why are they flying while it is snowing so hard?
did they just now realize it was time to migrate (after > 18 inches of snow have already fallen in the past week)

it seems so wrong that these birds that fly above the lake and rest upon the sandy shore during the summer months are out flying in the snow

and yet they are

they aren't hiding in the warm eaves of homes or cuddled up together in the crook of  a tree

it seemed so out of place

and it wasn't just one or two... i saw 8 of them, all flying in pairs

this isn't their season and yet there they are...

i'm often torn by the dichotomy i come across in life

but this observation of the seagulls flying as the snow is falling felt peaceful

it was beautiful actually, these white birds amidst snowflakes

these birds were out of their element, but they were soaring

and i was encouraged