I birded the Ashtabula County lakefront today (10/29). Things were kind of slow. Although I had a couple of good birds, things were slow with no large duck or gull concentrations anywhere. At Conneaut the best bird was a RED PHALAROPE. It flew across the open harbor, circled once by the flats, and then headed west. The mudflats were not accessible due to high water levels when I was there. There were a couple hundred gulls with ring-billed gulls being the most common. There was a fly-by 1st year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL also. There were very few gulls and nearly all were mallards. At Ashtabula Lakeshore park there was a single surf scoter. Again the only waterfowl around were Canada geese and mallards. The only gulls were ring-billed and herrings. There was nothing of note at Walnut Beach. I also saw nothing of note at Geneva State Park. A quick note about yesterday (10/28). I stopped briefly at Fairport Harbor. there were quite a few Bonaparte's gulls in the harbor. I spotted one adult LITTLE GULL.. Perhaps it was the one I saw heading east today. There was a heavy rain and strong wind at Fairport when I was there. I saw some distant ducks, but they were just too far out. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 440-259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]