Hi Folks,

	I never did retract the "Pale Herring Gull" that I reported seeing on the
15th of January at the Cecil Landfill.  I now beleive that it was in fact a
first year Thayers Gull (probably the same one Sean saw yesterday morning).
 I asked 8 or 10 people from the MD birding community who I would refer to
as Gull Experts (or at least all are avid Gull Enthusiasts).  Of the 5 who
bothered to answer my email, all 5 said it looked more or less like a pure
Thayers.

	Now for the rest of you and especially those enthusiasts and experts that
I might have missed, those photos are at ...

http://www.atlanticbb.net/~jchurchi/pale1yrgull.html

Note that I mistakenly referred to the "Cecil Landfill" as the "Northeast
Landfill" simply because it is practically in the town of North East.

J.B. Churchill
Frostburg, Maryland

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