A windy, snowy morning on the Lake Erie shores yielded
2 FOS birds for me.


Location:     Cleveland Lakefront SP HQ
Observation date:     12/12/08
Notes:     I found the owl in a pine tree on the directly east of the admin bldg.
I checked every pine tree within the area, and did find some signs (whitewash) on another
tree, but no owl.
Number of species:     3

Ring-billed Gull     X
*Northern Saw-whet Owl*     1
Red-breasted Nuthatch     1

I then drove next door (west) and picked up the LTDU.
It was swimming around amongst the gulls.

Location:     Cleveland Lakefront SP Marina
Observation date:     12/12/08
Notes:     The Long-tailed Duck was a female
Number of species:     9

Canada Goose     20
American Black Duck     6
Mallard     23
Redhead     1
*Long-tailed Duck     1*
Hooded Merganser     1
American Coot     2
Ring-billed Gull     300
Great Black-backed Gull     2

It looked like there were a couple thousand assorted gulls
at the power plant warm water discharge. I didn't do a proper
scan as I didn't have time.


See you on the trails,

Chris Pierce
N. Olmsted, OH

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