Hi folks, This is actually a cross post from the PA-Birds list, but since the bird was seen in Ohio too, I though I should post directly to this list. A POMARINE JAEGER passed the Roderick Wildlife Reserve overlook in Pennsylvania today and was seen flying into Ohio waters. The overlook is literally only a few hundred feet from the Ohio/PA state line, and Conneaut Harbor is easily visible from the bluffs at the overlook. It is too far away to identify anything but the larger birds at the harbor from the overlook, but the Ohio waters between the harbor and the state line are easily close enough to monitor from Roderick. After I left Roderick, I stopped briefly at the harbor itself. Hunters were out in force so I didn't wander around too much, but I did find one Great Egret and five Black-crowned Night-Herons still present, along with two Greater Yellowlegs and one Dunlin. Here are the details about the jaeger I just posted to PA Birds: +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ This morning just after 9:00 AM, a POMARINE JAEGER passed the overlook at Roderick Wildlife Reserve (extreme western Erie County) about 150-200 yards offshore. It was close enough for me to feel comfortable calling it based on jizz and prior experience with the species at similar seawatches on the Atlantic Coast and on pelagic trips. It was moving west into Ohio and did not stop except to briefly give chase to four Ring-billed Gulls, which scattered off the water at the sight of the jaeger like cockroaches in a suddenly bright room. It was actually almost comical to see them panic as the jaeger coursed in. One of them just flopped around on the water as if it was trying to fly in three different directions at once! Fortunately for it, the jaeger chased one that took flight, but it gave up quickly and kept moving. I have been very intrigued by and impressed with this location over the last two autumns as a vantage from which to watch Lake Erie. The elevation (about 100 feet above the water) allows for an commanding view of the lake, and allows the observer to see quite clearly much farther out than is possible from the beaches of Presque Isle State Park. The Ohio state line is literally a stone's throw east of the overlook, and one can easily see down into Conneaut Harbor from the bluffs and identify the larger birds with a spotting scope. Any bird that is tracked as it flies past the overlook can be counted in both states. This was my third lakewatch from the overlook this season. The first two were absolutely dead, but today finally paid off. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Good birding, Geoff Malosh Pittsburgh, PA ______________________________________________________________________ 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]