I hit Rocky River Park and Bradstreet's Landing on the Lake Erie shore
yesterday to see what sorts of waterfowl were passing through.

To the west of Rocky River Park, I had a big, tight raft of mostly Red
Breasted Mergansers. I'd estimate there were between 2-300 of them. Mixed in
were a handful (10-14) of Bufflehead and 2 Common Loons. At first, the flock
was close enough for good scope viewing, but something spooked them and they
all flew off west.

At Bradstreet's Landing I had another loon, and the same raft I saw down the
road drifted in fairly close to the east end of the beach, but some guy with
a dog frightened them back out into the distance.

No luck with the jaegers yet, and surprisingly, the only semi-unusual gull I
spotted was a Great Black-Backed.

-Leslie Basalla
Cleveland

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