St. Mary's County, MD, Kelp Gull (REFOUND) 3/2/99

Jane Kostenko (jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us)
Tue, 2 Mar 1999 18:41:17 -0500


    After 46 hours of absence, the St. Mary's County, MD, Kelp Gull turned
back up at the pier behind the Sea Breeze Restaurant at 3 p.m. on Tuesday,
March 2. Several birders were watching the bird, and the manager called me
at work. I got there at 4:45 and the kelp gull was bathing, after having
munched on some raw oysters. I last saw the gull at 5 p.m., when I packed up
my stuff. The restaurant manager said the bird wasn't seen after that
tonight.
    Several of us had searched the waters (in vain) off Route 257 near the
301 bridge around noon, following up on a sighting called in to the
restaurant by some homeowners. The bird they had seen had flown before I got
there, and, to my knowledge, no birders found the kelp gull in that area at
all.
    I'll be there at first light again Wednesday, but I give up on guessing
whether the bird will be there or not!

Jane Kostenko
jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us
California, Maryland

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