I, too got to see the Franklin's Gulls this morning from around 11:30 until 12:15 and they were lifers for me. I have "chased" this gull for several years and always come up empty when I could get to the site. Many thanks to Bill Stanley for the initial report and Donald Morse's images to give me an idea of what to look for as I have so little experience with gulls. These gulls were pretty cooperative and I got some nice images: www.lanahays.com (What's New 10/12/08) Lana Hays Northern Kentucky ______________________________________________________________________ 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]