I visited the Avon Lake Power Plant on Lake Erie (Lorain County) at about 9AM this morning. Gull activity has really picked up. There were the usual suspects as far as gulls, with a large increase in Bonaparte's Gulls. I would say 300-400. 4 Cormorants as well. I was surprised that there were no other ducks, grebes or coots at all, except for one pair of Mallards. That's pretty unusual for this spot. I was able to scope 3 Loons, and would guess them to be Common Loons based only on size. They were pretty far out but from what I could see, they did not look any different from the Common Loons I've seen there before. I'm not sure if the other observers on Lake Erie in Rocky River have seen this as well, but there was a massive amount of movement out on the horizon moving toward the west. At the horizon, it was a fairly constant stream of birds swarming west. They were way too far out for any type of identification, but easily identifiable as a large population of birds heading west. Happy Birding. Spencer ______________________________________________________________________ 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]