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Hi Mike: We made two passes at the river near Lewiston and saw it the
second time around noon. The gull was hanging around with several
herring
gulls and indeed chased one (seeking to rob it?) as we watched. I
suspect
it forages in the morning and rests in late morning. It was first seen
two
weeks ago by Dan Svingen resting on the large gravel bar across from the
weigh station on Rte 12 one mile east of Lewiston. It was also seen by
Carol Van de Voorde and Winnie Hepburn on the ice near the grain
terminals
across the river from the big levee pond in Lewiston resting near a very
large duck population. We saw it on the shore on the Clarkston side of
the
Snake just where the Snake joins the Clearwater. The area can be scanned

from the notheast corner of the Costco parking lot and also from an
access
road below that runs along the Snake. The latter area might be better
for a
photo. The bird was just out of range for our camera and obviously a
photo
would be valuable.

We saw the gull flying, standing and sleeping. It is finely
streaked
giving it a uniform light beige appearance. It appeared slightly smaller

than the Herring Gulls that were near it, had darkish pink legs, had the
"gentle" appearance mentioned by Grant with a smoothly rounded head, had
an
all dark bill that appeared to blend to a dark green at the base, had a
relatively short bill (about .45 *the head size), and when standing had
wing
tips that clearly extended beyond the tail. The eye appeared dark.

Good luck! John