I visited the Avon Lake Power Plant on Lake Erie (Lorain County) at about
9AM this morning.   Gull activity has really picked up.  There were the
usual suspects as far as gulls, with a large increase in Bonaparte's Gulls.
I would say 300-400.  4 Cormorants as well.  I was surprised that there were
no other ducks, grebes or coots at all, except for one pair of Mallards.
That's pretty unusual for this spot.  I was able to scope 3 Loons, and would
guess them to be Common Loons based only on size.  They were pretty far out
but from what I could see, they did not look any different from the Common
Loons I've seen there before.



I'm not sure if the other observers on Lake Erie in Rocky River have seen
this as well, but there was a massive amount of movement out on the horizon
moving toward the west.  At the horizon, it was a fairly constant stream of
birds swarming west.  They were way too far out for any type of
identification, but easily identifiable as a large population of birds
heading west.



Happy Birding.



Spencer




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