The BT gull was refound near the mouth of the Ashtabula R. by Larry R. and viewed by at least a dozen other birders in the early afternoon.  This was about 2:00 - 2:30 PM.  Then it moved out of sight again nearby.  Look for a medium-small "black-backed gull" most like a lesser BB gull at rest. But smaller than a LBBG, size more like ring-billed gull.  When it shows it's flight pattern the tail, and the rest of the bird, is quite striking.  At both Ashtabula and Conneaut today there were numerous red-breasted mergansers, horned grebes, and Bonaparte's gulls.  Conneaut also had: tundra swan, c. goldeneye,common merganser, common loons, great blue herons, peregrine falcon, Am. coots, 1 Am. golden-plover (late), 1 greater yellowlegs, 3 sanderlings, 35 dunlin, great black-backed gull, Am. pipit, and 11 snow buntings.  Additional Ashtabula birds included ring-necked ducks, ruddy ducks, and double-crested cormorants.  The winds were finally
 November-like today!   Craig Holt, Lowellville

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