I apologize for this belated report ..

I arrived at the Salisbury Landfill Monday around 2:30 pm on Mon 
10/26. About 2,000 gulls were very active on the dump and, despite 
several passes by Bald Eagles, they never left the area for the pond 
as they did on Sunday (when there was some but not much landfill 
dumping activity). Around 5:00 pm, I looked up from my scope eyepiece 
and realized that virtually all of the Laughing Gulls had moved on, 
leaving the dump to the domain of the Ring-billeds and the larger 
gulls. When I left the dump around 5:30, I checked the pond, and 
there were no gulls at all in it.

I had not seen Bill Hubick's photo when I was there and I had seen 
one candidate in flight that I hesitatingly but really wanted to turn 
into a subadult California Gull, but after looking at Bill's photo, 
it was very clear that it was not the same bird, and I am now sure 
that it was not a CAGU.

Phil


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Phil Davis      Davidsonville, Maryland     USA
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