Although I dearly love seagulls, I agree with Al that the cormorant could be a better mascot for GMG. What do people think?
and P.S. Don’t forget – Grand Finale Last Hurrah Mug Up this Sunday 9:30.
E.J. Lefavour
I think Al Bezanson is onto Something
My View of Life on the Dock
Good Morning Gloucester 
Cormorants are cute as well
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Looks more exotic, more like the artsy folks of this community.
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Not! Seagull is perfect!
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love the Cormorants…but the Seagull is the one on my opinion 🙂
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Yes for the cormorant!
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maybe you could use both birds
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Democracy and diplomacy, I love it.
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homie all the way!!!!!
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Love the comorant!
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EJ…. I like your concept but as Marty Morgan points out, this is kinda arty looking for a Gloucester inner harbor specimen. So before I place my order for a couple caps (slate blue) I wondered if you might have a native Gloucester fisherman version featuring our native Double Crested Cormorant. I was eyeball to eyeball with a bunch of these yesterday while weaving through the mooring field in Sugar Babe and they were definitely not arty. The locals do take on an arty look during their ‘love season’, and that might be suitable for Rocky Neck visitors. But if you expect the logo to catch on at Rose Marine I would not go arty.
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Benjamin Franklin had a lot of very valid reasons why the wild turkey should have been our national bird over the eagle as well. I like the turkey and the cormorant but sometimes you just have to go with your gut.
Personally I think the Rubber Duck should be in the running but just forget I mentioned that OK?
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Definitely the gull. It is the original GMG logo, & homies are the best.
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Yes, homies are definitely the best and most representative of Gloucester, so although Al might prefer cormorants and Paul the Rubber Duck, I think we’re safe in believing that the mighty, scrappy, noisy, squabbling, scavenging, beautiful seagull will remain the GMG mascot.
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Thanks, E.J.! I love the descriptive adjectives you used in describing our homies. All are absolutely true & just perfect.
Two thumbs up! (:
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Did I say I prefer cormorants over gulls? I was just speaking up for the better fisherman and more discriminating diner. If you read the book you will learn that cormorants, unlike gulls, are not adept at speaking. Oh, and then there’s athletic ability. What gull can dive to 475 feet and come up with a sculpin?
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What’s a sculpin?
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A bottom fish. In Antarctica blue-eyed shags (cormorants) must dive deep and sculpins are numerous there. So the book says.
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I need to read that book, it sounds really interesting.
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