I had missed the gull by 5 minutes last Sunday. Today I got there at the perfect time 2:45pm. The Kelp Gull showed up on Quintana Beach at about 3:00pm and stayed for approximately 25 minutes and then flew over to Surfside jetty. I spoke to a birder from Dallas who had been there since 8:00am and he had seen it for about 1 minute flying at 1:30pm.

-- David McDonald