A windy, snowy morning on the Lake Erie shores yielded 2 FOS birds for me. Location: Cleveland Lakefront SP HQ Observation date: 12/12/08 Notes: I found the owl in a pine tree on the directly east of the admin bldg. I checked every pine tree within the area, and did find some signs (whitewash) on another tree, but no owl. Number of species: 3 Ring-billed Gull X *Northern Saw-whet Owl* 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 I then drove next door (west) and picked up the LTDU. It was swimming around amongst the gulls. Location: Cleveland Lakefront SP Marina Observation date: 12/12/08 Notes: The Long-tailed Duck was a female Number of species: 9 Canada Goose 20 American Black Duck 6 Mallard 23 Redhead 1 *Long-tailed Duck 1* Hooded Merganser 1 American Coot 2 Ring-billed Gull 300 Great Black-backed Gull 2 It looked like there were a couple thousand assorted gulls at the power plant warm water discharge. I didn't do a proper scan as I didn't have time. See you on the trails, Chris Pierce N. Olmsted, 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]