Greetings,

Gull-watching conditions are very good at E. 72nd Street in Cleveland now,
as a growing ice shelf has brought many of the birds in close.  I spent an
hour there this afternoon and counted:

GLAUCOUS GULL, 5 (1 adult, 1 second cycle, 3 first cycle)
ICELAND GULL, 2 (1st cycle)
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, a lot! Conservatively, there were 10 3rd-cycle or
older LBBG's.  I didn't spend any time looking for 1st year birds amongst
all the young Herrings.
BONAPARTE'S GULL, ~200 mostly keeping to themselves in a tight flock at the
western breakwall.  Numbers up from a couple days ago.

good birding,

Ben Winger
Cleveland Heights

p.s.--have any gmail users out there been able to set up a filter for this
Ohio-birds listserve?  I can't seem to get it to work.  Please reply
privately if you know the trick.

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