Janet Hardin (12/14) asked,
>"Fellow Tweets -- Have any of you ever seen a Mew Gull with
> yellow eyes? I saw one yesterday. . . ."

Dennis Paulson (12/14) opined that
>"[p]hotos of such a bird would be great in the event of a
>resighting at closer range. Was it entirely pale yellow like
>a Ring-billed or with brown markings?"

And just now it has occurred to me that I snapped a photo of
a similar Mew Gull about 2 years ago and it's buried somewhere
in my photo files. The gull, which was sitting on the fence
around the Titlow Beach swimming pool, had distinctly yellow
eyes--golden irises, with a hint of brownish tint. In fact, I
snapped the photo because the bird seemed (to me at the time)
oddly un-Mewish.

Now, I only I can find that photo tonight. . . .

--cheers, Jim Lyles
Tacoma 98403 <jrlyles at usgs.gov> or <jrlyles at eskimo.com>