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Kenai Peninsula gulls are worth a second look

...well as a scattering of Mew Gulls. Gull numbers peak from mid-July...provides opportunities to observe gulls in winter. Though the gull numbers are greatly diminished...Glaucous-winged, Herring, and Mew Gulls. Bonaparte's Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/012508/outdoors_3757.shtml
Outdoors
Gulls' return signifies the first days of spring

...about Kenai Peninsula gulls? The largest glaucous-winged gull colony in the world...estimated the Kenai Flats gull population to be in...glaucous-winged X herring hybrid gull colony in the world...is the fact that the gulls have returned, the...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/040910/out_604003836.shtml
Outdoors
Cruise ship discharge leaves fishermen concerned

...supply of silver salmon in late August east of the coal docks in Seward. Eventually with not much luck we noticed a flock of gulls hovering and diving not too far behind a huge cruise ship that was docked near the coal facility. It has been our experience...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/opinion/letters/2013-02-22/cruise-ship-discharge-lea
Letters
Chickaloon Flats through a shorebird's eyes

...photographed along an ephemeral pool on June 7. I found hidden Mew Gull nests on grass-covered islands in ponds and exposed Arctic...shorebird species, Arctic Terns, and Mew and Bonaparte's Gulls forage during receding tides along the sloughs and mudflats...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2013-03-28/chickaloon-flats-through-a-shore
Outdoors
Respect nature

...served man again, sweetly, and generously, asking nothing in return just the absolute respect for her, of her. Now,the sea gulls squack, and will swoop down into the low tide, and they will now dine, no reservations necessary. Janet Faulkner Soldotna

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/070710/let_626124975.shtml
letters
Changes made to personal-use fishery regulations

...chest-deep in was running cool even through neoprene waders, and the only sounds to be heard were the occasional caws and shrieks of gulls behind her, each staking their claim to a salmon head or a bit of fish carcass. It was hard for Staebell to imagine from the...

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Poem: Deposit

...it's link to the seaWhere if just left alone, continuance would beBut if gifts are for taking, for the Eagles in treesFor the Gulls on the sand bars, for the stake holders needsOur minds about budget, that can live beyond meansIf giving's what gives...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/arts-entertainment/2013-01-09/poem-deposit
Arts & Entertainment
Refuge notebook: Rare birds punctuate the quiet of winter

...tallied, with the overwhelming majority of these two species coming from the Soldotna Landfill. Also, 404 Glaucous-winged Gulls were observed at the mouths of the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers. A flock of five Trumpeter Swans was seen flying over Soldotna...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2013-01-10/refuge-notebook-rare-birds-punct
Outdoors
Photo feature: Birds of a feather

Gulls fly in formation through a blue sky above Soldotna recently. The forecast calls for cloudy skies with possible snow. Photo by M. Scott Moon Gulls fly in formation through a blue sky above Soldotna recently. The forecast calls for cloudy skies with possible snow.

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/012208/news_3699.shtml
News
Fishing the Gulf

...against for 45 minutes before his 50-pound line breaks. There be monsters here.The totally inadequate fish box overflows. Gulls scream. Fish flop. Each time the boat rocks, big lingcod and halibut slide across the deck and bump against our legs. We...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2012-09-20/fishing-the-gulf
Outdoors

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