I did not manage to locate the LBBG reported yesterday but was surprised to find a group of 20 Franklin's gulls resting on the beach with the rest of the ring-billed, Bonaparte's, and herring gulls. Also a large raft of coots made it's way to the beach and mingled with the gulls. R. Batterson ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]