Around 1:30, I saw 7 smaller gulls, one with a solid black head, a couple
others that look like they're getting there and a few females or
non-breeders, at New Russia Township Nature Preserve.  I'm pretty sure
they're not Bonaparte's gulls, but I didn't get a good enough look to tell
if they're Laughing, Franklin's or another species.  The bills looked solid
black to me - not the reddish or partly reddish like I've seen in guides.

If anyone else has seen these birds, or swings by there and happens to see
and identify them, I would love to hear from you.

Also saw two Pied-billed Grebes, my first Eastern Meadowlark of the year, a
hovering Kestrel and a hawk, most likely a Red-tailed, but I'd barely
spotted it before it dropped down to the ground as I was driving away.

Happy Birding!
Kristen

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