Subject: Re: Heermann's Gull in Benton County
Date: Oct 27 20:49:54 1995
From: Scott Ray - scray at wolfenet.com


Nancy,

Nice find! I was unable to look until today but could not relocate the
gull. Oh, well.

Scott




At 03:12 PM 10/25/95 -0700, you wrote:
>Today, October 25, Ruth Fischer and Nancy LaFramboise found a second year
>Heermann's Gull at the North end of Nelson Island in Leslie Groves Park,
>Richland. According to Bob Woodley who also observed this bird, it is the
>second record in Eastern Washington (and the first record for Benton county).
>
>The bird was slate colored, had a bicolored bill, dark legs, and had some
>white trailing edge of the wing visible on the sitting bird.
>
>It was first observed at 12:30 pm and was still present at 2:30.
>
>
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