What an amazing morning. Not in numbers but in quality. Sims Park served up two Bald Eagles as we were walking on the pier about 10am. One flew away but the other began to fish then flew right toward us and landed in the tall tree near the pier. Even in the poor lighting Adam captured some interesting fishing shots http://adamvalencic.com/uploads/12262008. When the first picture loads move your cursor to the right side middle of the picture and an arrow will appear. This will allow you to scroll quickly through the shots. At Burke we watched a Peregrine Falcon eat its breakfast on one of the signal lights along the far runway. There was too much heat shimmer to get good digiscope pictures. Also saw a Red-tail perched on the red tower across from Gate 12. At E.72nd I saw my first Glaucous Gulls. I got a couple nice pictures but Gabe Leidy has already posted some great pictures. I needed to get going or I'm sure I could have found the other gulls reported by Gabe. I need to build a few points at home tomorrow (painting the basement) so I can bird another day!!! Matt Valencic Chagrin Falls, OH _____ From: Adam Valencic [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 8:44 PM To: Matt Valencic Subject: Pictures Here is the link to those pictures: http://adamvalencic.com/uploads/12262008/ Adam Valencic (216) 409-8401 [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]