<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Larus philadelphia are found in varying numbers throughout the Sound in fall/winter/spring. They are supposed to be ‘common’ but for me they are always ‘uncommon’ and a treat to see them flitting about.</div><div><br></div>Constellation Park is a wonderful location for seeing seabirds. Histrionicus histrionicus are regulars in the fall/winter/early spring in the rocky near shore, as well as Branta bernicla browsing the kelp beds. And the brass constellation maps in the sidewalk are a bonus.<div><br></div><div>Tom Benedict</div><div>Seahurst, WA<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Apr 16, 2024, at 18:08, Mary Metz via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I don't know how unusual they are locally, but I was excited to see three Bonaparte's gulls off Constellation Park in West Seattle while I was out Tuesday afternoon. Definitely a first for me.<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">-Mary</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">16 April 24</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>