Thanks Ken Davis for letting us know about this nice gull. I went to the Boardwalk first but there was a ton of people around at 4:00pm. Didn't see much but the ospreys, and a small flock of gulls w/ immature Bonaparte's and Ring-billeds. I let some passers by see the Osprey on the nest and they were much pleased. So with that I headed out and as a last min. thought I Checked out the Oxbow road Island I then walked out to the point that faces North at the end of the point and the end of the island. There not far out was the LAUGHING GULL. It was well lit and in nice alternate/breeding plumage, black hood, partial eye rings, dark and reddish bill, it even flapped its wings so I could see more fully the nice darkness that was there at the tips. After enjoying it for a few seconds I ran back to the car (i'd left my camera) and ran back but when I returned he had vanished. I think he went up to the north end again since that was the only flock of gulls I could see anywhere at all. Also visible from this spot was an immature Grebe sp. way out there (now I look at my guide I want to say possible Red-necked? Prob. just a Horned, who looked weird, a very dark bird, too far out to say for sure (60x)) and some Northern Shovelers and D.c. Cormorants. I was late to go seach for the WW Dove, so I didn't try to refind this stuff up there. Maybe I should have, the dove was a bust. Good birding, - Ben Warner ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]