It was very windy and the gulls were actively feeding along the edge of the shoreline offering some great views. There about 1,000 Bonaparte's gulls in the area but only a few were feeding at one time and they were at the mouth of the outflow where there were few large gulls. There was a single adult BLACK-HEADED GULL. It was first observed sitting out on the lake with all of the other Bonaparte's gulls. It was later seen making a single pass at the outflow. It grabbed gizzard shad and went back out and sat. i did not see it come by again. Of the large gulls, I found 2 THAYER"S GULLS (1 adult, 1 1st cycle), 1 KUMLIEN'S GULL (1 1st cycle), 6 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (3 adults, 1 1st cycle, and 2 3rd cycle), and 3 GLAUCOUS GULLS (1 adult 1 2nd cycle, and 1 1st cycle). There were probably less than 30 great black-backed gulls. There were a couple of oddball gulls also. There was an adult Bonaparte's gull with a full black hood. The weirdest bird was an adult ring-billed gull that appeared perfectly normal on one side of its wing and leucistic on the other. The wingtip was mostly white with only a faint hint of the dark tip and the upper wing on that side was mottled white and washed out gray. Not surprisingly, while I was there I saw at least 90 northern pintail. All were pure pintail flocks. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]