Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 23:10:03 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Paul O'Brien Subject: Kelp Gull At Sandgates MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Kelp Gull was at the Seabreeze Restaurant in Sandgates, MD Friday from about 11AM to 1PM. It is showing signs of molt. P9 is growing out and is the same length as P8, while P10 is only about half its ultimate length. There are pale gray tips to the feathers of the crown, nape, lores and auriculars with about a six feather necklace showing the same gray tips. The forehead is pure white. The orbital ring was very difficult to see except at the anterior corner of the eye. The legs were their usual gray-green color. General health seemed fine. Paul O'Brien Rockville, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================