[MDOsprey] DC Franklin's Gull + White Pel. returns.

Robert (robert@csa.com)
Tue, 07 Sep 1999 12:10:11 -0400


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
>