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Glaucous Gull on Cambridge Waterfront

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Les Roslund

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Les Roslund

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Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:09:25 -0500

    A beautiful white first winter Glaucous Gull has been gracing various
points along the Cambridge waterfront the past few days.
    It was first seen Monday afternoon amongst the other gulls at the end of
High Street where two Talbot Bird Club members (Joanne and Hal Laskowski)
found it in the parking lot.  They were able to walk up within 20 ft of it
before it lifted up and flew over to land on the Choptank.
    It was found again early Wednesday morning by Talbot Bird Club member
Levin Willey.  This time it was perched on the boat ramp at the Great Marsh
Park, which is also beside the Choptank.
    Today around 11:00, Carolyn and I found it at the intersection of Water
St and Mill St, beside the entrance road to the private yacht club on Mill
St.  The bird was on the bank above the water to the left of that driveway,
and was oblivious to us in the car.  We stopped and stared at it from a
distance of less than 20 feet - killer views indeed, and perfect lighting on
this beautiful day!  It was feeding on selected items that were accumulating
on the water at that point, where a strong wind was forcing a wave
convergence.  A flock of 200 or so other gulls were near by, yet far enough
away that the Glaucous Gull was very easy to spot.
 
    The Oakley Street viewing spot along the Cambridge waterfront still
holds quite a few Canvasbacks.  This morning three Redheads (2M,1F) were
also present, along with American Wigeon, Lesser Scaup and Surf Scoters.
 
Les Roslund

Talbot County
Easton MD 21601