"urgent yelps and screeches of gulls, perched or errant, alow or aloft, each with its own eccentric intent." Gloucestertide
The Seagull Bayliss's Favorite Bird
Zoom, Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 4:00-5:00 pm All are welcome
Join us for a Zoom presentation about our gull population with Martin Ray and Trina Smith, who (like Jonathan Bayliss) appreciate these amazing Cape Ann creatures.
Martin Ray is the author of Gloucester Encounters, Cape Ann Narratives of Art in Life, and the natural history blog "Notes from Halibut Point."
Trina Smith lived with and learned from a very active nesting seagull colony while she studied at the Shoals Marine Lab on Appledore Island.
A Bayliss reading on gulls will be part of the program.
This is a special JBS 2026 Centenary program presented in recognition of Bayliss's 1926 birth.