Here are a few more notes on Lorain Harbor from today.  I first stopped by 

the harbor around 11:30.  There was a lot of merganser movement in and 

outside of the harbor.  Surprisingly other than common mergansers and a few 

mallards, not much waterfowl variety.  I also found a pied-billed grebe and 

a couple coots, and a bufflehead.  There were some ring-billed gulls and 

herring gulls feeding in the harbor and lots of gulls out on the lake.  I 

did not see anything of note.  I stayed until around 12:30. 

I stopped 
back at the lake again around 4:00.  There were a lot more 
mergansers in the 
harbor and many more herring gulls throughout the harbor. 
Almost immediately 
I noticed a lot of gulls and mergansers in the air just 
beyond the east 
breakwalls.  You could tell there was something scaring up 
the birds and 
about where it was.  However it was behind the breakwall and 
not visible 
from my vantage point west of the river.  Finally the jaeger 
came into view 
as it crossed between the east and west breakwalls.  It flew 
behind the 
lighthouse and turned back to the east.  It flew around a bit 
there before 
heading into the east part of the harbor flew by the floating 
docks scaring 
the birds there up.  I did not see it fly back into the main 
harbor.  I 
drove over to that area but was unable to relocate it.  When I 
was by the 
impoundment I saw a killdeer flying around.  I went over to the 
river and 
panned through all the herring gulls.  I was able to find a first 
cycle and 
adult lesser black backed gull and a first cycle Thayer's.  There 
were a lot 
more gulls further out and south of the bridge that I didn't get 
a chance to 
go through.

Lorain may be worth checking at dusk.  It seems like a lot of 
birds are 
heading into the harbor to roost.


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