This has been very worrisome to us as well. As I'm sure many of you know, in addition to the Toronto sighting yesterday and the West Point, Georgia Ivory Gull, here on the Northeast coast we have seen 4 more Ivory Gulls in the span of ONE YEAR (3 adults and one Juvi). Although believe me I feel unbelievably fortunate to have seen 4 Ivory Gulls (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffamy/4289819364/) it is hard to believe that this is not a very bad sign. Can anyone shed more light on what may be leading to this unprecedented occurrence?
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jeff
Downingtown, PA
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> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:07:20 -0500
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> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ivory gulls
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> 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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