The third, and final, pelagic trip of the season was held today in Cleveland. Due to the 9 foot waves and temperature in the upper teens we did not venture out onto the open lake. Instead we covered the river as far south as we could go and then we headed back downstream to the harbor area. From there we headed east to Dike 14 and back. Although nothing rare was seen, a ton of birds, and a lot of great birds were seen. The good stuff is bold-faced. The tremendous numbers of gulls and red-breasted merganser made the trip memorable. Despite having many of us encased in ice, it was a lot of fun. thanks again to the ship's crew, (especially the captain who successfully docked the boat despite the windows being covered in ice), Bob Faber, and Kim and Kenn Kauffman and everybody else with the Black Swamp Bird Observatory. If I forgot anything, let me know. Canada goose xxx American black duck xxx Mallard xx Green winged teal 1 Canvasback xx Redhead x Greater scaup x Lesser scaup xxx Bufflehead xxx Common goldeneye xx Hooded merganser 1 Common merganser xx Red-breasted merganser xxxxx Ruddy duck 2 Double-crested cormorant xx Great blue heron 2 GREAT EGRET 1 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON 74+ Red-tailed hawk 1 PEREGRINE FALCON 1 American coot x Bonaparte's gull xxx Ring-billed gull xxxxx Herring gull xxxx LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 THAYER'S GULL 1 Great Black-backed gull xxx Rock dove xxx Belted kingfisher 2 MOCKINGBIRD 3-4 GRAY CATBIRD 1 European starling xxx American tree sparrow x House sparrow xx John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]