Numbers of gulls nearly tripled to 1,425 during the annual Audubon bird count, possibly due to a run of fish in Chilkat Inlet.
“Several thousand were seen feeding just south of Pyramid Island,” said biologist Tim Shields.
A group of “hardcore birders” braved the cold Dec. 18 for the count that tallied 3,657 birds from about 30 species. Last year, 3,285 birds of 47 species were spotted.
The drop in total species was probably due…