Dear Graham, I don't know what happened to the gull but I can think of several scenarios. 1. Someone of ornithological bent, who doesn't care whether birders see birds, saw and identified(maybe) the bird and photographed it. The picture and possibly the specimen will be part of a paper to be published later. Be on the lookout for it in print and collections. 2. Come to think of it the others are too preposterous to even mention. I do know that a number of people have looked for the bird and not found it. I do not understand why people would want to keep others from seeing the bird. Maybe it's caged. John Ribble Austin, TX On Jul 16, 2013, at 10:06 AM, Graham Floyd <spcgraham.floyd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Texbirders, > I know a few of us are interested in this report of a Western Gull in the > Austin area. Does anyone have any specifics? > > Graham Floyd, > San Antonio, TX > > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission > from the List Owner > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner