Hi Kurt et al... We're waiting for the Slaty-backed...! (We've seen Ross's in Maryland, heh heh) Seriously, what with all the whitewinged gulls around, plus the Black-headeds and Littles on the MD coast, and the two Black-tails on the CBBT, it looks as if 1999 could be the Year of the Gull. (As opposed to 1998, which I considered the Year of the Crossbill.) Now we have to find some Common or Slaty-backed gulls... Cheers, Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper