I did a quick swing through Hains Pt. this (Friday, 5/16) morning.  I did
not see any Franklin's Gulls (nor did John Sherwood & his wife, who were
also present).  However the number of RING-BILLED GULLS seems to have grown
- I estimated 350 birds.  Mostly 1st cycle, but a few older birds mixed in.
Highlight was relocating the GLOSSY IBIS reported 2 days ago, as well as the
growing number of BONAPARTE'S GULLS (incl. a beautiful alternate plumaged
adult).  Here are some numbers (the full list has been edited):

Location:     E. Potomac Park - Hains Point
Observation date:     5/16/08
Number of species:     42

Black-crowned Night-Heron     1
Glossy Ibis     1
Spotted Sandpiper     1
Solitary Sandpiper     2
Lesser Yellowlegs     6
Least Sandpiper     1
Bonaparte's Gull     9     1 alternate plumaged adult, 8 1st cycle birds
Ring-billed Gull     350
Herring Gull (American)     1
Great Black-backed Gull     2
Purple Martin     2
Cedar Waxwing     3
Northern Parula     1
Yellow Warbler     1
Magnolia Warbler     1
Common Yellowthroat     2
Orchard Oriole     6
Baltimore Oriole     1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Good birding,
Paul Pisano
Arlington, VA