Actually several of us were at Riley's Lock scanning the river at the "right time" but whether due to glare looking downstream, or just plain bad birding luck, failed to see the Franklin's although it should have been visible from there. We did walk up to where a large number of Bonies were floating around (just downstream of the island) but again, no luck. 

Maybe it will be back but not hopeful -- dang, new county bird! 

Gail Mackiernan 
Colesville, MD 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Hanfman" <> 
To:  
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:41:44 PM 
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Franklin's Gull today? 

Phil, 
Nancy Magnusson, Peter Kaestner, and I saw the Franklin's Gull from 7:00 am 
- 8:35 am. It drifted north to Riley's Lock and joined a couple hundred 
Boanparte's Gulls. No other birders were seen until about 5 arrived after 
9:00. We did not relocate it but the Bonaparte's Gulls had split up moving 
north of Riley's and south towards Pennyfield. 

Joe Hanfman 
Columbia, MD 

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Phil Davis <> wrote: 

> Did anyone look for the gull this morning at Violette's Lock? 
> 
> Reports, even negative, would be appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> Phil 
> 
> 
> At 22:01 04/09/2012, David Czaplak wrote: 
> 
>> Franklin's has turned up several times in DC since the 1980's. I think 
>> this is the first for farther up the Potomac River. 
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**39566052@N06/sets/**72157629780268159/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/39566052@N06/sets/72157629780268159/> 
>> 
>> Mary Ann Todd, Andy Martin, Jared Fisher, Jim Green, Mike Ostrowski, and 
>> Lydia Schindler watched the bird between 4:30-6 PM. Dave Powell was 
>> arriving as we left. 
>> 
>> It was always rather far down the rapids, feeding and sitting on the 
>> rocks with the Bonaparte's Gulls. View by walking upstream from Violette's 
>> Lock a bit. 
>> 
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