Ivory Gull update from Les Willis

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>Ivory Gull Update from Les Willis:
>
>The following is from Brian Taber, one of the two observers of the bird in
question.
>
>. . .We'll get more details to you.
>
>I just got an e-mail . . . that said something about a small gull on
>the rocks on Saturday, then . . . later an oiled Common Tern. That
>wasn't how we described it. . . Our bird wasn't on the rocks and was 
>Laughing/Sandwich size, which were all flying together with Common 
>Terns and a Black in a feeding flock. Our first view was at about 20 yards!
>White gull, small black tail band on squared tail, small black primary tips, 
>dusky face, throat, neck.Yes, we know how wild this sounds in September in
 VA!!
>
>
>Les Willis
>Suffolk, VA

Rob Hilton
robert@csa.com
Bethesda, MD

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