Was it a California seagull? If so, I would blame Mitt Romney. The California seagull is the state bird of Utah, because they saved the fledgling Mormon community in 1848.
The miracle of the gulls is often credited by Latter-day Saints (”Mormons”) for saving the Mormon pioneers’ first harvest in Utah. According to Mormon folklore, seagulls miraculously saved the 1848 crops by eating thousands of insects that were devouring their fields.