The basic-plumaged adult BLACK-HEADED GULL reported yesterday by Sara Burch was still present today between 12:20pm and 1:00pm, in the same location. I found the bird sitting on the water, ~100 feet downstream of the overlook at the end of the trail that parallels the creek. The gull lifted off not long thereafter, flew a bit farther downstream, then alighted on the water again for a minute or two. It did that 2-3 times, gradually moving out of sight near the mouth of the creek. Several minutes later it reappeared, flying back upstream. Over the ensuing 30 minutes the bird repeated that pattern a few times. It never did fly far enough upstream to reach my vantage point, but nice scope views were obtained. The only other gulls in the vicinity were a handful of Ring-billed Gulls.
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