Mike Fleming and I headed over to Sequim today. After sifting through about 500 widely scattered gulls for about an hour, we found Scott's 3rd-winter Slaty-backed Gull at about 2:30pm this afternoon. From the primary access point where Wilcox makes a 90 degree turn, walk SE for about 0.25mi to about where the grove of coniferous trees to your right ends. This where we originally got on the bird. From there, the bird drifted further SE and eventually flew off to the SE again. The incoming tide pushed most gulls fairly close to shore, so viewing the gulls with the sun in our back was easy.

THANQ, Scott! Your description of the bird was excellent!

Stefan Schlick
Bellevue