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Saturday evening I sat on KY dam to see where the thousands of gulls went at 
the end of the day.  They didn't go anywhere.  They all filtered into the 
mass of gulls already sitting on the lake just below the pull offs.  The 
larger gulls flew to the far edges of the huge raft of gulls.  The 
Bonaparte's and Ring-billed gulls stayed close to the dam.
It was getting dark and I couldn't positively add another species to Mark 
Bennett's and my CBC results. We did see one Adult Lesser-backed earlier in 
the day.
One gull looked to be a first winter Great Black-backed and one Bonaparte's 
had a full black head.  If you have never seen a huge population of gulls at 
KY Dam this might be the year to make the trip.  It is staggering. 
Murray, KY


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