I stopped by E. 72nd Street briefly today to access the gulling and ice conditions. There was not much Larid diversity while I was there (five species). Ring-bills were still the most numerous gull. However, the frigid weekend weather that is predicted could make things more interesting. A thin ice shelf is starting to form within the breakwall. Present (not a complete list): Mute Swan - 6 Am. Black Duck - a few Northern Shoveler - male and female Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Pied-billed Grebe American Coot Bonaparte's Gull - 50-75 Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull GLAUCOUS GULL - 1 adult Great Black-backed Gull Surprisingly, I did not pick up a Lesser Black-backed. Kevin Metcalf Chardon, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. 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]