I'll add that the small gulls are almost certainly Mew Gulls, and the bigger
ones probably Glaucous-winged Gulls.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.scn.org/fomp/birding.htm
== birdmarymoor at verizon.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Bowden" <TBOWDEN at halcyon.com>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 7:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Lake Sammamish Gull mystery


> Bill & All,
>
> Lake Sammamish has prolific winter hatches of a small insect called a
> chironomid. The gulls are feeding on the insects and also watching for
> small fish that feed on the bugs. Fly-fishers who fish the lake in the
> winter look for working gulls to locate the hatch and hence the fish that
> also feed on chironomids.
>
> Tom