Hi, Ottavio Janni asked me to post this to y'all. Best, Rob Hilton robert@csa.com >This morning at 7:45 I had a first-winter Franklin's Gull among the 1000+ >Laughing Gulls on the golf course at Hains Point. The bird was on the river >side, about 1/4 of the way down to the tip. I watched it and photographed >it for about a minute before it flew off with a bunch of Laughers and >appeared to settle farther out on the golf course. Hains Point is currently >closed to traffic but one can park by the tennis courts and walk around. >Also this morning the American White Pelican was back off Jones Point (on >the cormorant sticks which have now drifted downriver and are practically >under the Wilson Bridge) after about a 9-day absence. > >Ottavio >