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Today I went to the Wildwood Marina area of Cleveland Lakefront State Park off of Lakeshore Blvd. & East 174th around 12:45pm.  From the eastern end of the marina looking north to northeast there were 18 Common Mergansers in the water.  Around the entrance to the lake from the marina and a little west there were about 23 Common Goldeneye.  Saw approx 8-10 Great Black-backed Gulls.

After walking around Villa Angela I then went to Sims Park in Euclid around 2:15pm and stayed till after 3:40pm as I walked around the park.  From the far east end of the park from the highest cliff I could count at least 196 Common Mergansers in long strings right next to the ice.  Visibility by this time with the strong gusty northeast winds with some snow coming off the lake made visibility terrible.  I had to go back to my car to warm my fingers and when I returned the Mergansers apparently had left except for about 16 that remained.  After walking around the park and not seeing anything I came to the west end of the park near the lake around 3:30pm and saw many groups of Common Mergansers (at least 25 in each)flying east.  Most continued east but some landed straight out from Sims.  Could make out about 20-25 Common Goldeneye and a Bufflehead and over 12 Great Black-backed Gulls.

Nancy Anderson
Richmond Hts.
Cuyahoga County
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancy_a/

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