Greetings - 
Big thanks to Dan G. for posting up his photos to flickr. The shots were digiscoped and lighting wasn't prime. The bird had moved farther offshore at the time, as well. In case there is any confusion, the Barrow's is in the CENTER-BACK of the frames near the ice edge, in the company of three to four adult male Common Goldneye. Again, it's an immature male with almost no visible white/dusky markings on the face (definitely not visible in the photos; a slim line/crescent rising above the eye was visible in the field but very vague). The bird's head appears all dark, the upperparts/back appears almost all-dark, the sides appear dusky gray, and the chest/breast appears white. Birds in the foreground of this photos include Common Goldeneye, Mallard, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Red-breasted and Common Mergansers. Users can zoom in to any shots. Photos 1, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 17, and 18 are best. Photos 9 and 17 show, most clearly, the head shape. Many of the end photos show the bird facing directly towards shore, which gives little to go by on plumage/shape details. 
The bird was not relocated late this afternoon/evening. The best place to check would be the open water off of Veteran's Memorial Park in Avon Lake (original sighting) and west to Avon Lake Powerplant. There's thousands upon thousands of waterfowl just within that stretch, majority being Red-breasted and Common Mergansers. Over 300 Common Goldeneye were in close, just offshore of Veteran's Memorial today, and more were farther out. Hoards of scaup, canvasback, redhead, and more are around. 
Gulls are in GREAT numbers, with close to 200 Great Black-backed Gulls, a single adult Lesser Black-backed amongst thousands of Ring-billeds and Herrings. 
Conditions can change daily on the lake now, with ice moving in and out due to wind direction. 
best of birding
Jen


Jen Brumfield 
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