Tweeters,

>First, when I was up Skagit valley at
>the eagle viewing spot, there were a good many gulls. I can handle
>the common eastern gulls, but I just don't have any confidence with
>the western ones. To my eye the appeared to be herring gull size, but
>I had no basis for comparison. Can anyone say what common gull would
>be expected in that place?

I'm afraid I was probably unclear on where I saw the gulls. The ones
I was asking about I saw way up in the Skagit river valley, at an
eagle observation area. I'm not sure of the exact spot but at least
at mile marker 100 or beyond; there are a couple of portable toilets
and some picnic tables. The gulls were on the gravel bars along the
river.

Roy