Julie Karlson, Brian Menker, and I were at Buck Creek State Park this morning. We looked over the lake from the old boat ramp at the north end of the lake and spotted a Glaucous Gull. It was a first winter bird, mostly white with a large head and bill that had a light base and a black tip. We got to compare it both to Ring-billed and Herring Gulls. Then we drove farther north and took the lane off Grant Road that leads down to the lake. Soon we spotted another light colored gull. It moved and we found it a few minutes later and saw that it was slightly smaller than nearby Herring Gulls. It was a first winter Iceland Gull. We looked around for about 1 1/2 hours after that and got even closer looks at the Iceland Gull but couldn't find the Glaucous Gull again. The Iceland Gull was slightly smaller than the Herring Gulls with a daintier head and a mostly black bill with just a tiny lighter area at the base of the bill. There were probably 2000+ gulls at the lake today. We also found 12 species of ducks at the reservoir and Old Reid Park including at least 20 Canvasbacks and 8 Green-winged Teal. Doug Overacker Springfield, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]