My friends Jim Brighton and Mikey Lutmerding and I learned of the discovery of the Cape Ann Ivory Gull at at 8:30 p.m. on that 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)