Hey folks -

Friend & coworker Traci Williams of Garfield Park Reservation and Drew from
Rhode Island hit Calvary Cemetery and the Cleveland Lakeshore for a few
hours this afternoon (27th).

At Calvary Cemetery, not a stone's throw from Garfield Park Nature Center,
we easily found one of the regularly wintering MERLINs. One must drive to
the 'rear' of the cemetery, and almost daily one of these neato falcons can
be found in the more open areas, teed up on snags.

We visited the Gordon Park Marina, East 72nd, East 55th, and Burke airport.
No large gull or diving duck concentrations. A decently large group of
Bonaparte's Gulls (400+) was found at East 72nd. A single LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL was found on the docks at East 55th amidst hundreds of
Herrings and Ring-billeds. Max count of Great Black-backs was 8. Only 10
Red-breasted Mergansers, 3 Pied-billed Grebes, token Mallards and token
Canada Geese, 30 American Coots, and 2 DC Cormorants added to the
'waterbird' count.

A somewhat odd dark-backed gull at East 55th induced slight head scratching,
until this observer just left well enough alone with the concurring that the
bird could possibly be a Great Black-backed x Herring Gull.

Traci picked out one American Kestrel near Cleveland Lakefront State Park.
Raptors and big white owls were absent from Burke Lakefront Airport.

cheers
Jen Brumfield
Akron, OH

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