Another ivory gull is in the region, this time in Toronto; see the
Ontario mailing list. It is interesting, and perhaps ominous, that two
of the three long-staying ivory gulls have been adults. In the old days
it was almost a given that an ivory gull in these southern realms would
be an inexperienced juvenile. If adults are getting lost, or are driven
to areas they've seldom visited before, this species may be in even more
trouble than we'd thought.
        See http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0205-06.htm  ,
http://caff.arcticportal.org/arctic-in-focus/133-ivory-gull-  , and for
more detail  http://www.ace-eco.org/vol2/iss2/art8/  , but there are
many articles on this species' future, or lack of one.
Bill Whan
Columbus

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