Sunday, August 19, 2007, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Hoagland-Blackstub Road
Mosquito Wildlife Area, Trumbull County
Weather: 59F, moderate rain, fog
Observers: Henry Burton, Bob Finkelstein, Jerry and Marjorie Howard, Paula 
Lozano

While scanning the mudflat to relocate the marbled godwits, a small 
gull-like bird caught my eye. Although the weather conditions and visibility 
were -- to say the least -- not good, some its field marks were visible 
using our scopes. The first one I noticed and called out was the dark "M" 
across both upperwings when the bird fluttered-up and flew short distances. 
Other field marks I noted were a dark stripe on top the head, a darkish area 
on the shoulders, and dark tail band. When it flew, we were able to relocate 
it by finding the smallest gull-like bird with a dark head marking. Species 
I considered were Little and Sabine's Gull and Black-legged Kittiwake. I 
settled on the Little Gull, the only one with a dark head marking.

Paula Lozano
Lakewood, Ohio

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