Another ivory gull is in the region, this time in Toronto; see the Ontario mailing list. It is interesting, and perhaps ominous, that two of the three long-staying ivory gulls have been adults. In the old days it was almost a given that an ivory gull in these southern realms would be an inexperienced juvenile. If adults are getting lost, or are driven to areas they've seldom visited before, this species may be in even more trouble than we'd thought. See http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0205-06.htm , http://caff.arcticportal.org/arctic-in-focus/133-ivory-gull- , and for more detail http://www.ace-eco.org/vol2/iss2/art8/ , but there are many articles on this species' future, or lack of one. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]