After my Nisqually adventure, I headed down to the Gog-li-hi-ti wetland
in search of the ever so elusive SLATY-BACKED GULL. Today my patience
payed off. I watched every gull that flew, that sat, that moved, that
didn't move 10 tens over and over again, until the SLATY-BACKED decided
to take flight. Where exactly it came from, i don't know, but there it
was flying right in front of me for some awesome looks. There was no
mistaken this particular bird. When it landed, i scoped it out, and
checked for the smudge, looked at the bill, looked at the eye, this was
the bird i've been looking for, finally. Driving around the tide flats
looking for this bird didn't pay off for me, so i picked an area where
it has been seen the most and waited in one spot for a while. That payed
off.

David Hayden
Lakewood