I  was passing through Cleveland this evening around dusk and saw quite a
few gulls at East 72nd Street so I stopped briefly.  there were probably
400+ gulls flying around the open water and I quickly picked up 1st cycle
Thayer and Iceland Gulls.  Before I could scan more a truck passed by
sending them up.  They took a while to settle back down and I didn't have
much time so I left before they came in.  I did scan quickly out to the open
water just east of the outer breakwall and was absolutely shocked about the
number of birds out there this evening.  The water looked black there were
so many gulls out there.  Unfortunately light was failing and they were too
distant to look through.  If the lake freezes I think it will get pretty
good again.  They are predicting  a low of 3 tonight with wind chills
of -11, so that may help.

At my house it is almost totally iced over with a few very distant gulls
this morning.  The feeders had a few siskins, but little else.

John Pogacnik
4765 Lockwood Road
Perry, OH 44081
(440) 259-2751

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