Actually, off and on, there are gulls on the marina roof most of the day.
They come & go. We have not been able to relocate the Glaucous, Thayer's,
nor the Lesser BB Gull. The Lesser BB was there from 9:30 to 11 am with a
1/2 hour absence.

Last winter the Lesser BB made a one day appearance on Nelson Island in
Leslie Groves Park in North Richland (best entrance is from George
Washington Way on Saint Street). If Tweeters are looking for gull loafing
locations in the TriCities, we'd be glad to help, so feel free to contact us.


Bill & Nancy


At 10:20 AM 1/14/02 -0800, you wrote:
>Tweeters,
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>Besides the Walla Walla River delta, the Lesser Black-backed Gull was seen
>last week near the entrance to Columbia Park in Kennewick by nancy
>LaFramboise. Perhaps mid-day is a good time here, while later in the
>afternoon is the time to be at the Walla Walla River delta.
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>Ellen and I had a "six gulls on one roof" view here January 6, 2002. We had
>excellent views of Ring-billed, California, Herring, Thayers (one crisply
>checkered 1st-year bird), Glaucous-winged (10), and Glaucous (1) Gulls. We
>also observed a Eurasian Wigeon farther on in the park and both waxwings at
>Leslie Groves later in the afternoon. The waxwings flew east across the
>river, presumably to roost.
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>To reach these areas, take Exit 5A (SR-240 East) from I-182 to Columbia
>Center Boulevard (2.6 miles). Turn left and go to Columbia Park Trail (0.5
>mile). Here, turn right. Shortly, you will note a small marina on the left,
>with covered storage. The metal roof here attracts many loafing gulls during
>mid day.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Andy Stepniewski
>Wapato WA
>steppie at nwinfo.net
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Bill and Nancy LaFramboise
Richland, WA
wlafra at owt.com