Hello, Driving back to NY today from Columbus, I missed the turn onto 271 and ended up driving through downtown to 90. I hadn't intended to stop and bird on my drive back, but as I saw the huge swarm of gulls at the 72nd St exit I *HAD* to stop and take a look at all those birds! I didn't have my scope with me, but was fortunate enough to find a few other birders already there (I forget their names - my apologies!) with a scope. We had nice looks at Ring-billed, Herring, Great Black-backed, LESSER BLACK-BACKED (1+ ad.), GLAUCOUS (1-2 1st winter, 2 ad), ICELAND, and 2 candidates for 1st winter THAYER'S GULLS. One of these birds was a bit pale and I couldn't call one way or the other (a "Kumlien's/Thayer's" gull) but the other looked pretty good for THAYER'S... photos of all the gulls species I saw are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauljhurtado/ Comments on the probable Thayer's and Thayer's/Kumlien's birds are welcome! :) Good birding, Paul Hurtado (Ithaca, NY) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]