Ran into Levin Willey this morning at Blackwater and he told us where to 
look for the Glaucous Gull.  While we were standing at the Cambridge Yacht 
Club Parking lot, we looked down toward Oakley Street through our binoculars 
and there was Danny Poet and Bill Ellis waving their arms at us to come over 
to where they were.  As soon as we pulled up, Danny had the Glaucous Gull in 
his scope for us.  It was sitting on the breakwater in front of the 
apartments just to the left of the end of Oakley Street, not more than 50 
feet away.  Very cooperative.  Also present (and very close to the 
breakwater) were many Canvasback, a male and female Redhead, several Surf 
Scoters, American Wigeon, Mallard and Lesser Scaup.   Thanks Danny for 
refinding the Glaucous Gull and waving at us!!!

Winger West
Millersville, MD


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Les Roslund" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 7:09 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Glaucous Gull on Cambridge Waterfront


    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