We all take gulls for granted, but I just looked out the window at a pair
of Ring-bills circling overhead in the bright sun, whitest white with
blackest wingtips against bluest sky, and all I could think was "awesome."

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416