On 7 May, while walking around Peaks at about 6:20 p.m., I noticed a large number of gulls congregated offshore in Hussey Sound, north of Whaleback. Through binoculars, I saw that it was a larger group than I had first thought, spread northwestward past Spar Cove, about 250 birds in all. The mixed group of Herring Gulls, Great Black-backed Gulls, Common Eiders, and Double-crested Cormorants were creating quite a commotion. Herring Gulls (by far the most abundant species) wer