Things were really slow along the lake at my house so I headed into
Ashtabula County.  First stop was Ashtabula Harbor.  I stopped at the bridge
area and almost immediately had the BLACK-TAILED GULL.  It was sitting with
about a hundred other gulls out in the railroad yard.  It was facing me the
entire time.  The only good look I had was when a herring gull landed next
to it and it flew up and came down allowing a nice look.  The SNOWY OWL was
also easily visible sitting between the rails of some train tracks.  While
watching a yellow-bellied sapsucker flew by heading east.  There were very
few gulls in the harbor.  The gulls it was sitting with, a couple hundred up
the river and a few dozen on the roofs.  Only other gull of note was an
adult lesser black-backed gull.

Also of note in Ashtabula was a peregrine flying in the industrial area
south of the two power plants.  A MERLIN was observed along the lakeshore
about a mile east of the power plants.

Conneaut had very few gulls and waterfowl.  There was however a PURPLE
SANDPIPER on the west breakwall.  It was in there where there is a bend in
the breakwall.  There were also two dunlin on the mudflat.  Little else was
found.  Songbirds seemed to be sitting tight due to the rain and wind.

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

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