Sea gulls are such bad landers. At first i thought it was one of a instance but then saw that almost all had a weird way of landing. Was able to get above sequence from one of the brave gull.
Camera Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture f/7.1
Focal Length 300 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias -1 EV
Lens EF 70-300