California Gull? They have gray or bluish-gray looking legs in their second
year. I wouldn't describe it as "bright" blue, but maybe they looked
bright to the observer.

Kelly Cassidy

>>Hello: I am trying to find out what kind of a gull I recently saw. The
>>location was on shore from Barclay Sound on Vancouver Island. When I
>>first spotted it, it was inland about 2 miles on a logging road (on the
>>ground). When I approached by car, it took off and flew along the road,
>>never rising up to tree top (50 - 80 feet). There were creeks and 1 small
>>lake along the road, it ignored them, it landed a couple of times but flew
>>off as I approached. It finally landed at a wide spot and I pulled up
>>beside it. It looked very gull like, on the smallish size (smaller than a
>>herring gull), it had quite distinctive bright blue legs- similar to a
>>boobie. However it landed gracefully, had a slender neck. It readily
>>accepted some chunks of bread we threw out. We did get a picture of it,
>>not good but does show the leg color.