Greetings, Brief East 55th/72nd Street/Gordon update as of 11:30 a.m. No sign of adult basic Slaty-backed from yesterday evening. Be aware that there are MANY adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls around, as is a Great Black-backed x Herring hybrid. Reported this morning from East 55th Marina proper: Lesser Black-backed Gull - at least 8 adults, one 2nd-cycle bird, and one first-cycle birdGlaucous Gull - at least 2 first-cycle birds and an adultGreat Black-backed Gull - at least 60 adults, 40 first-cycles, and multiple 2nd and 3rd cycles Ring-billed, Herring, and Bonaparte's Gulls (30 of the latter) As I'm tied to the office today, I'll do my best to update with more reports I hear from the field. Jen Brumfield [log in to unmask] Cleveland, Ohio 330-701-6452 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]