Received: from [24.165.172.15] by web55814.mail.re3.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:04:23 PST Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:04:23 -0800 (PST) From: Leidy Gabe <[log in to unmask]> Subject: 2/14 - ever-changing lakefront To: ohio-birds <[log in to unmask]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Length: 593 Hey all - I made quick pass along the lake this afternoon. East 72nd is once again open. A few gulls were present - nothing too exciting, though. A first-year LBBG and one the GBBGxHEGU hybrids was present. This bird looked different from other birds I have seen here throughout the winter. The head was clean white - not one streak to be seen. Perhaps just a result of molt...either way, I wonder just how many of these birds are along the lakefront. Phil's patch of water was gone at Westerly, but there was a sliver of open water along the far breakwall. It was jam-packed with Redheads, Canvasbacks, scaup, Buffleheads, coots, black ducks, and Mallards. Too bad there is no access to the Cuyahoga's mouth - it was swarming with larids. Good birding - Gabe Leidy Cleveland ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ______________________________________________________________________ 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]