Stopped at East 72nd Street for an hour this afternoon. A number of waterfowl were in the area, taking advantage of the easy fishing. So easy, in fact, that it had turned most of the diving species into dabblers - most of them were just plucking fish from the surface. A few "half-hardy" species, perhaps of interest to you January listers included: Green-winged Teal (1f), Northern Pintail (5m), Northern Shoveler (1f), Gadwall (3m, 1f), and Ruddy Duck (2m). And, of course, there were a good number of "white-winged" gull sp. present, as well: Thayer's 1 1st Glaucous 2 1st, 2nd Iceland 5 all 1st Lesser Black-backed 2 3rd, ad - I usually fail to even mention this species, but they have been a bit thin here, as of late Bring on that ice! Gabe Leidy Cleveland ______________________________________________________________________ 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]