The Lorain Snowy Owl put in an appearance at the impoundment this morning. It was teed-up on a treetop hawk-owl style, before flying out over the harbor and evaporating into into the snow flurries.
Emil Bacik joined me at Avon Lake Power Plant, which was a world better than yesterday. There's definitely some extreme daily turnover here. Highlights:
White-winged Scoter 76
Rough-legged Hawk 1 Emil spotted this dark-morph bird coming in from the east; it perched on the ice & atop the trees bordering the hot-water outlet before heading out
Thayer's Gull 1 1st
Iceland Gull 4 1st
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 2nd
Glaucous Gull 10 1st (4), 2nd (3), ad (3)
Great Black-backed Gull 565 counted in a single sweep
Also, an odd, dark-mantled, YELLOW-legged gull. This adult bird was Great Black-backed in size, with dark grey (just slightly paler) mantle, clean head, large bill, and obviously yellow legs. I'm at a loss - this bird basically identically resembled an adult Yellow-footed Gull, and it was surrounded by adult Great Black-backed Gulls for comparison. Possibly, it had Lesser Black-backed Gull in its lineage, as I can't see a GBBG X HEGU hybrid ending up with yellow legs. Ahhh, those crazy, crazy gulls...
Gabe Leidy
Sheffield Lake
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