St. Mary's County, MD, Kelp Gull (YES, briefly) Update 4/5/99

Jane Kostenko (jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us)
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 11:27:06 -0400 

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    Joe from the Sea Breeze Restaurant called me at work at 10:20 a.m. =
today, Monday, April 5, to say that the Kelp Gull had just flown back =
in. Joe had fed it some raw oysters just before calling me (Joe has his =
priorities straight!), and I dashed out to see it.
    Arriving at 10:35 a.m., I pulled in to the parking lot and =
immediately saw the Kelp Gull on its usual pier straight off the Sea =
Breeze. There was one juvenile Herring Gull on an adjacent piling, and =
several terns. The Kelp Gull chased the herring gull off that piling (in =
case there was any doubt left that it was the Kelpster), then flew in to =
two more of Joe's proffered oysters when the herring gull acted =
interested in them. The Kelp Gull ate one of the oysters, then took time =
to chase the herring gull off the nearby piling; the herring gull =
obligingly left, after snagging the other oyster.
    The Kelp Gull flew back over to the "food" piling, pecked at the =
empty oyster shell, pooped, gave one hoarse squawk, then flew off, =
upriver along the St. Mary's County side, over land, and continued =
upriver, disappearing from my sight over the houses at 10:55 a.m.
    I'll try back after work, to see if it's come back, and the =
restaurant staff are very pumped to re-find it.

Jane Kostenko
jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us
California, Maryland

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    Joe from=20 the Sea Breeze Restaurant called me at work at 10:20 a.m. today, Monday, = April=20 5, to say that the Kelp Gull had just flown back in. Joe had fed it some = raw=20 oysters just before calling me (Joe has his priorities straight!), and I = dashed=20 out to see it.
    Arriving=20 at 10:35 a.m., I pulled in to the parking lot and immediately saw the = Kelp Gull=20 on its usual pier straight off the Sea Breeze. There was one juvenile = Herring=20 Gull on an adjacent piling, and several terns. The Kelp Gull chased the = herring=20 gull off that piling (in case there was any doubt left that it was the=20 Kelpster), then flew in to two more of Joe's proffered oysters when the = herring=20 gull acted interested in them. The Kelp Gull ate one of the oysters, = then took=20 time to chase the herring gull off the nearby piling; the herring gull=20 obligingly left, after snagging the other oyster.
    The Kelp=20 Gull flew back over to the "food" piling, pecked at the empty = oyster=20 shell, pooped, gave one hoarse squawk, then flew off, upriver along the = St.=20 Mary's County side, over land, and continued upriver, disappearing from = my sight=20 over the houses at 10:55 a.m.
    I'll try=20 back after work, to see if it's come back, and the restaurant staff are = very=20 pumped to re-find it.
 
Jane=20 Kostenko
jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us
California,=20 Maryland
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