This morning at Headlands Beach State Nature Preserve our bird walk from Cleveland Metroparks had some nice birding on the lake. Highlights included the following: White-winged Scoter Red-breasted Mergansers (flocks in the thousands) Common Loon (several in the water, others flying by regularly going easterly) Horned Grebe (several) Dunlin - flocks of 20 - 30 going by regularly - most flying westerly POMARINE JAEGER - at least one brown immature bird seen (field marks noted were the lack of any discernable tail projections, the "double flash" under the wing, the relative size next to ring-billed gull - essentially the same and wingspan - and chunky "jizz". This bird had a fairly whitish base to the tail/uppertail coverts. JAEGER SP. - there were at least three jaegers seen from the beach, two imm. and one winter adult/subadult. One other immature appeared more lightly built and was probably a Parasitic Jaeger (though there was no consensus even among some experienced observers). One appeared a little smaller than a ring-billed gull. The older bird was identified as a Parasitic by other birders but I did not see well - though the jizz seemed right from what I could get. BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE - seen by Hannikman and Rosche Eastern Screech-owl Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglet Snow Bunting COMMON REDPOLL - fly by heading southwest Headlands Beach State Nature Preserve is in Lake County east of Cleveland, reached from I - 90 by going north on State Route 44, which ends at the park. The beach that birders go to is at the far east end of the beach toward the lighthouse. Be aware that duck hunting is taking place on the breakwall. Kevin E. Metcalf Naturalist North Chagrin Nature Center Cleveland Metroparks ______________________________________________________________________ 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]