Today's Cecil Bird Club gull field trip to the North East Town Park was a 
tad slow for gulls.  Seventeen of us started a little bit after 8:00 a.m. 
and had five species for the day with tons of Ring-billed, Herring, and 
Great Black-backed.

The first 1st-winter Iceland Gull was a flyover heading towards the Cecil 
County Landfill around 10:00 a.m.  Not long after, we had another 1st-winter 
Iceland Gull out on the ice.  A second 1st-winter Iceland Gull appeared out 
on the ice around noon.  This second bird was either chasing a crow sp. or 
being chased by one or more crow sp. for about 5 to 10 minutes giving 
excellent views of the bird in flight.

In mid-afternoon, an adult-winter Lesser Black-backed Gull showed up on the 
ice and stayed for an hour or so.

There were no Glaucous or Thayer's today.

The last of us left at 3:30 p.m.  At that point Jim Brighton arrived and I 
wished him well for the rest of the day.  Hope you found some great gulls, 
Jim.

Gene

Gene Scarpulla
Millers Island, Maryland