Hi Helen:

It's an Australian species, Larus novaehollandiae. The species has even 
been seen in DE and PA on and off for the past ten years or so ... it's 
also been reported a couple of times here in Maryland. Most suspect it to 
be an escapee, but ... who knows!

BTW, I maintain that you can find the answer to 99% of all questions on the 
web. Just "google" the phrase "Silver Gull" (I prefer the Google Advanced 
Search page) and you will see a number of web sites with info and photos of 
Silver Gulls.

Hope this helps ...

Phil


At 15:59 11/23/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>Sorry Norm, but I have to ask.
>The ANS hotline notes "On Nov 20, the Cherry Island
>Landfill near Wilmington, DE,  hosted 8 gull species,
>including 3 ICELAND, 1 GLAUCOUS, and a SILVER." Help
>on a Silver Gull, can't seem to find it in my books.
>Typo or new name for an old gull?
>Thanks
>
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>Helen Horrocks
>Ijamsville, Fred. Co., MD
>hlh_37~at~yahoo.com
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