Yesterday I birded the lakefront from Fairport Harbor to Lorain.  Basically
I birded at Fairport Harbor, East 72nd, Avon Lake Power Plant and Lorain
Harbor.  I also stopped by Sandy Ridge..  The various lakefront sites were
pretty similar with few ducks or gulls.  I really saw nothing of note at any
of these locations.  East 72nd, Avon Lake and Lorain all had quite a bit of
ice that had blown in over night so open water was limited.  Fairport was
open but had very few birds.  I did not see a single great black-backed gull
at any of these locations.  It's interesting that at all of the lakefront
areas combined I probably saw less than 200 ducks total.  At my house I saw
over 3,000 red-breasted mergansers alone.

Sandy Ridge was a little better.  There I had a couple tree swallow,
red-headed woodpecker, and sandhill crane.  Like the lakefront locations,
waterfowl numbers were low.

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

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