Taking advantage of today's unexpectedly gorgeous and warm weather, I took a quick ride to Edgewater Park and Whiskey Island/Wendy Park to see what could be seen. Red-Breasted Mergansers are still around in large numbers. I had probably about 80 of them from the upper parking lot at the west end of Edgewater, along with a couple of Bufflehead and a pair of Common Goldeneye. The usual gulls were present, and plenty of Double Crested Cormorants were moving through. I also got my first Caspian Tern of the year -- it flew by twice. Such an elegant bird! At Whiskey Island in the marina and nearby were about 10 American Coots. Within the breakwall there were probably another 130 RB mergansers when I arrived around 2:30. By the time I left about 45 minutes later there were far fewer. There was also a small number of Lesser Scaup about. In the water and on the breakwall cormorant numbers must have exceeded 1000! Some Bonaparte's Gulls were mixed in the usual supsects. Passerines were in short supply. Nothing notable except three Northern Mockingbirds, a Ruby-Crowned Kinglet and a handful of Barn Swallows -- it's nice to see them back. In a few weeks, the air above the park will be teeming with them. I also scared up quite a few Killdeer, who probably subsequently scared off anything else I might have seen. When I was done there, I headed over to the Key Bank wetland (1-480 and Tiedemann), but discovered that the water level was too high. No mudflat yet, but warmer, drier days promise that will change. Finally, I had a Dark-Eyed Junco in my back yard about 15 minutes ago. I hadn't seen any for a couple weeks, and now they're scattered all around the neighborhood. Leslie Basalla Cleveland proper _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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]