A nasty morning on the lakefront yielded a few nice surpises while
walking around the impoundment. The gulls were out a couple hundred yards
from the breakwall and mostly flying east to west. A duck hunter in a motor
boat kept it a mostly duck free zone. Most of the sparrows were observed
on the trail, on the west side of the impoundment.


Location:     Lorain Impoundment
Observation date:     11/16/08 9:30am - 12:00
Number of species:     20

Canada Goose     X
Tundra Swan     17
Mallard     2
Red-breasted Merganser     200
Ruddy Duck     1
Double-crested Cormorant     350
Bonaparte's Gull     500
Ring-billed Gull     300
Herring Gull     X
Downy Woodpecker     1
Carolina Wren     2
American Tree Sparrow     15
Chipping Sparrow     1
Fox Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     5
Swamp Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     8
Dark-eyed Junco     15
Snow Bunting     3
American Goldfinch     2


See you on the trails,

Chris Pierce
N. Olmsted, OH

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