Edited sentence: Gulls regularly returned to feast on the crickets for years afterwards, (and presumably for years before) making 1848 unremarkable.Gulls regurgitate the indigestible parts of insects, similar to how an owl regurgitates pellets.No one considered the action of the gulls to be "miraculous" at that time.Records predating the arrival of the Mormon Pioneers show that various types of gulls, including the California gull, inhabited the Great Salt Lake area.Seagulls did come and eat many of the crickets in 1848, but it was perceived to be a common event by many people at the time.The First Presidency of the church, while mentioning the crop damage, frost, and crickets, made no mention of the gulls at all in their official summary of the first few years of the Latter-day Saints living in the Salt Lake Valley.The crickets did major damage to the crops prior to the arrival of the gulls.The damage to the crops in 1848 were due to frost, crickets, and drought, and the gulls only had a minor impact on one of those factors.Then after the arrival of the gulls, even after weeks of the gulls feasting on the crickets, the crickets were still a massive problem.These gulls fed on various insects, including crickets.While this behavior seemed strange to the pioneers, it is normal for gulls