Over my lunch break I scoped some gulls hanging out in the Mississippi River in front of the Science Museum of MN, in Downtown St. Paul, from Upper Landing Park, which is just East of Shepard Rd. and across from Eagle Pkwy. A first winter Thayer's and a first winter Glaucous Gull were among the 22 Herring Gulls sitting on the ice. (I had also seen a Glaucous Gull at this location on 1/10/13). While watching these gulls, a Lesser Black-backed Gull (possible 3rd winter) soared around the sitting gulls and then flew up river towards the High Bridge with 3 Herring Gulls. This gull was slightly smaller and more narrow winged then the other soaring Herring Gulls. The gull had a very dark gray mantle and was heavily streaked from the head through the neck and slightly into the chest. The upper and lower wing tips were very dark with a single white spot or window on the edge of the wing. A Bald Eagle eventually disturbed the sitting gulls, and they flew further down river. Scott B. Meyer Hennepin ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html