Sabine's Gull

[bcurrie100 at comcast dot net]

Hello all,

As of yesterday (10/15/04) at 6:00 PM the Sabine's Gull was still at the 
bridge closest to the island.  It was still on the north side of the 
bridge, and it was VERY close.  One didn't even need binoculars to see it. 
It was swimming/feeding immediately north of the bridge in that "pool" of 
water you see just as you look over the bridge.  I observed it from 4:30 
to 6:00 PM. Many thanks to the photos posted by Milton Moody which made 
this as easy as could be.

Also of interest, just because of their sheer numbers, were at about mile 
marker ~5.5 (well, if there was a mile marker there) I observed about 200 
Killdeer.  They were not tighly bunched together, more like spread out 
over 150 yards.  I got out my scope just to see if any other straggler 
plovers were hanging out with them, but there were not any.  However, I 
just saw more, and more, and more as I looked through my scope.  (This, of 
course, does not compare with the seven billion Am. Coots that Kris Purdy 
saw a while ago. ; ) )There were a few (~30) Sanderlings mixed in and 
still a couple of Am. Avocet out there (way out there).

Brian

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