© Shawn CollingsSabine's Gull at Pymatuning.
Visitors to Pymatuning State Park have been greeted in recent weeks by a very rare guest, Sabine's gull. Other rare guests may soon follow.
"Sabine's gull has been attracting birders from all over the area," said Meadville photographer Shawn Collins.
"The gull is normally only found out west, Alaska and northern Canada. I was able to capture some photographs near the spillway area."
Collins says he has been a birder for most of his life and in recent years began to learn the skills of a photographer.
"It was just great to be able to photograph this bird right here at Pymatuning."
The Audubon Society in Meadville is aware of the rare bird at Pymatuning.
"It's just a beautiful bird," said Sarah Sargent, of the Audubon Society. "It's a good looking bird in its breeding plumage."
Comment: The other deaths caused by bears in 2014 in north America -
Bear attacks - fourth fatality this year in North America: Bear kills hunter near Norman Wells, Canada
Bear attacks and kills 31-year-old man in Wyoming
Rick Cross, missing Kananaskis hunter, killed in bear attack, Alberta
Woman killed by a black bear in Fort McMurray, Alberta
By way of comparison the number of deaths in the recent past (years 2000 - 2013) seem to average out to about just two a year, going by this wikipedia list -
List of fatal bear attacks in North America
A number of fatalities has also occurred recently in Russia -
Bear attacks kill at least three people with many others injured in Siberia and far-east Russia