Seward, Alaska
Hundreds of gulls hunkered down in the north wind at the
mouth of Fourth of July Creek. I scanned
the white mass of wind-strewn feathered snowballs. Most were MEW GULLS and
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS, with some BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES. But there, standing
a little apart, was a large, pink-legged, white gull with a yellow eyes and a pink
bill tipped with black: a second winter GLAUCOUS GULL!
As wave after wave took off, the Glaucous Gull finally
joined the wheeling, crying cloud, once again invisible in the mass, stroking out
to feed on herring bait balls.
Happy Birding!
Carol Griswold
Seward Sporadic Bird Report Reporter
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