Leslie Ann meant this for the list, not just me...

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From: "Leslie Ann Rose" <sylph at nwlink.com>
To: <dcanning at igc.org>
Subject: Re: Kennedy Creek Estuary, Mason County
Date sent: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 05:22:13 -0700

D Canning writes: "The notable observation was a Ring-billed Gull
kiting on the wind like a tern, repeatedly plunging and diving below
the surface, catching fish, and apparently eating them on the wing. Is
this kind of behavior common with gulls?"

I've noticed the same behavior a few times in Commencement Bay this
year and last. Not the norm, but I have witnessed it. Perhaps some
gulls are learning a trick or two from the Terns? Hypothesis anyone?

Leslie Ann Rose
Tacoma, WA
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Douglas Canning
Olympia, Washington
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