Hey all - Many sharp eyeballs scanned the gull flock at E. 72nd Street this morning. White-winged species and Lesser Black-backeds were easy to come by, especially with the ice shelf pushing the birds closer to us. Here are rough numbers: Bonaparte's Gull 1 Thayer's Gull 2 distant adult and stunning looks at a point-blank second-winter Iceland Gull 5 two adults were both Kumlein's and three first-yr birds Lesser Black-backed Gull 15 three adults were present, and every age group was represented Glaucous Gull 8 first-yr, third-yr, and adult birds There was also interesting hybrid-type (first-yr GlacuousxHerring?), but I will let others touch on that. John Pogacnik reported a third-year California Gull earlier, and we did see a darker-mantled third-year gull, but overall jizz, bill size, etc. of that bird were closer to Herring. Good birding all - Gabe Leidy Cleveland ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping ______________________________________________________________________ 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]