Thanks to Bill Kaempfer's report, I was motivated to drive up to Prewitt Reservoir early this morning and quickly found the brownish first cycle LAUGHING GULL he had seen yesterday with Todd Deininger. It was a Washington county bird for me. Thanks! I was excited to find another LAUGHING GULL, this one in first winter plumage. It is not as conspicuous or distinctive as the brownish one, but I was lucky to study and photograph it as it loafed on the beach I was close to. Both birds were near the (drowned) inlet canal on the west side of the reservoir. There are lots of gulls in the area, hopefully enough to attract a jaeger before the fall is over. Joe Roller, Denver
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