Rich Aracil and I were out at Findlay Res Hancock County this evening.  We again had at least 6 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, however a slightly different mix of them with 3 2nd cycle birds, 1 3rd cycle, and at least 2 adults.  Again with how skittish the gulls are and how much they move around these are minimum numbers, I also might have had a 1st cycle bird, but distance precluded confidence in this.  Also had a rather interesting adult gull that was most likely a LESSER BLACK-BACKED x HERRING hybrid.  The bird looked for the most part like a Lesser Black-backed, except its mantle shade was closer to an American Herring Gull.  The structure and amount of head streaking indicates LBBG over something more exotic.  Also present were continuing Horned Grebes, C Loon, and some newly arrived 16 Canvasbacks.  Good birding

David Vander Pluym
Findlay

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