The birding community was out in force this morning at
Huron, despite the icky weather, well outnumbering
both hunters and fishermen in the area.  The hoped-for
jaegers appeared, coming and going from the
harbor/lighthouse area.  Throughout, the morning,
there were a number of individual sightings, but there
were at least two PARASITICS present.  Others reported
a Pomarine, but I was not fortunate to see this bird.
An adult Parasitic (light-morph), which flew parallel
and quite close to the breakwall was the highlight of
the morning, and as I was leaving, an adult visited
the actual harbor area quite briefly.  The close-by
adult showed brownish overall plumge, a neat, brown
cap - not extending below the eye, and long, pointed,
central tail feathers.

A stop at the Chausee yielded a few shorebirds -
Dunlin (30), Black-bellied Plover (3), Greater
Yellowlegs (1), and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (1).

Good birding -
Gabe Leidy
Cleveland

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