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Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea)
Above and below: An adult Ivory Gull found at Cape Ann, Massachusetts by Jeremiah Trimble. My friends Jim Brighton and Mikey Lutmerding and I learned of the discovery at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday evening and were on the road by 8:45. Around dawn eleven hours later we were watching this most rare and beautiful of gulls. For anyone reading who is not familiar with the species, this is a rare bird of the high arctic, the famous scavenger of Polar Bear kills. This is really a dream sighting, and the bird was somehow even more spectacular than I'd expected. (1/18/2009)
