Wow! How many Iceland Gulls are around this winter? I saw what I called an Iceland Gull twice this morning -- once at Greenbelt Lake and a few hours later flying upstream along Beaver Dam Creek in the Beltsville Ag center. These spots are only a couple miles from your bird. I now wish I got a better look at the flyby since the Greenbelt Lake bird may have been as old as third winter, based on its solid, light grey mantle. However, it also had a relatively dark eye, and a black tipped bill; both of which I believe suggest second winter. Dave David Mozurkewich Seabrook, MD USA dm@fornax.usno.navy.mil On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Phil Davis wrote: > The (relatively) small pond on Hanover Road in Greenbelt (Prince George's > County), MD has a good assortment of gulls in the winter and can turn up > some interesting finds. > > This afternoon (Friday, December 30, 1998) a first winter Iceland Gull was > present.