This morning on a falling tide there was a first winter Franklin's Gull visible from the interpretive area at Kennedy Creek Estuary (Mason County). The gulls move around the estuary quite a bit and during high tides they will roost on the small patches of marsh off the northern end of the main marsh. The FRGU this morning was preening and foraging on exposed mud to the southeast of the interpretive area.

Joe Buchanan

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