I was at Violette's Lock from 11:45 to 3:15 with no luck.

Kathy Calvert
Adamstown

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Gail B. Mackiernan %3Ckatahdinss%
40comcast.net%3E <> wrote:

> 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" <>
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> 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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