On 12/28 a group of us at the East 72nd site saw the Gannet fly high and
long out of sight to the North and West out over the lake. I was watching
it with the scope while it was in the water and just it picked up and got
going. I glassed it while it disappeared from view. This powerful flyer
gained altitude and in about two minutes was less than just a speck through
the scope, gaining altitude the whole time.
Glen Crippen
Burr Oak Lake
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From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of jen
brumfield
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 12:31 PM
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Subject: [Ohio-birds] Glaucous and Iceland Gulls - East 72nd
Greetings -
A sizeable group of folks birded East 72nd in Cleveland this morning,
starting around 9 a.m.
As of 10:30 a.m. there was a no-show on the gannet. Glaucous, Iceland, and
Lesser Black-backed Gulls were all seen very well; the 1st winter Iceland
and a 1st winter Glaucous hung out in the immediate hotwaters spillway,
close to shore.
Hawks were a no-show at Burke, except for a single Red-tail and a female
American Kestrel.
Here's the gull list:
Bonaparte's Gull - 60
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
ICELAND GULL - one 1st winter
GLAUCOUS GULL - (3) one adult, 2 first winters - one of which had a broken
lower mandible
Lesser Black-backed Gull - at least 6 adults, one first-winter
Great Black-backed Gull
Best of birding -
Jen
Jen Brumfield
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Akron, Ohio
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