There were 4 Laughing Gulls on the beach at Alum Creek SP this evening (6:30pm). All were in first winter plumage and at one time were within 30 yards of each other. There also were 600 Ring-billed, 15 Herring, 3 Bonaparte's Gulls and 6 Forster's Terns. Rick Asamoto ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]