A Glaucous Gull was observed at close range on North Beach, Seabrook Island today by Seabrook Island Birders on a Global Big Day walk (Judy Moor alerted me to a large white gull with pinkish legs and larger than a Herring Gull). She said it flew to Beachwalker Park. I alerted Jeff and Jenn Joffray who biked down to the spit and they found the gull on a sand bar in the middle of the river. Meanwhile I was on the Seabrook side as part of Global Big Day and I found the gull in the same spot, Jeff, Jenn, and I were looking at the bird at the same time. Jeff and I watched the bird fly south and out to the ocean and then low. After the rains subsided, Pam Ford, Elizabeth Anderegg, and I went to Beach Access 8 on Seabrook to look at Deveaux Bank (we were hosting a Deveaux Bank Watch as part of Global Big Day and this was our watch spot). I scanned the shore and quickly found the large white gull on the Seabrook side of Deveaux Bank. Several others who were part of the Deveaux Watch were also able to see the bird, as were passengers on ecotours for the Whimbrel roost on Deveaux. It might be good to watch the spits on the north end of Seabrook and Captain Sam's Spit, and the sand bars in the river for this bird. There are several checklists with photos of this bird.
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