After taking two birding trips this week and coming up empty scoped with all of our target birds Karah and I though we'd try for the Iceland Gull again.
Karahs cousins were having a birthday party so we stopped by Lake Nockamixon on our way there to try for the Iceland Gull a 5th time at this spot and probably at least the15th time over all. The gulls roost on the docks there so they are easy to spot from the parking lot. There were not very many there and it looked like it would be a typical no-show. There were Greater and Lesser Black Backs along with Ring Billed and Herring but then I spotted a gull with a white back and had to move around a bit to check its wing tips and then make some noise to get it to put its head up from its roosting position. It was a Juvenile Iceland Gull. Karah was excited. Ellis was too. Henry was sleeping. We all danced a bit and then Ellis and I went for a run in the parking lot while the gulls flew around a bit. It was a treat to pick out the Iceland, a white ghost mixed in with the other gulls, as they swirled around above the lake. A nice way to finish off a challenging birding week.
-B. Davies
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