A quick spin through Lorain Co. to scout for tomorrow's Kirtland Bird Club trip... Avon Power - lots of gulls and waterfowl. Nothing uncommon sen (but a fair number of canvasback, always a treat) in the 15 minutes I was there. Lorain "hot waters" - very cold. Harbor is completely frozen, the river nearly so. Some Canada geese and gulls. Wellington Reservoir - a small, distant open lead was packed with geese, ducks, and coot. Nothing special seen in a quick pass with the scope. Jones, Hawley, and West Rds - a couple of kestrels, a flock of cedar waxwings, and a few horned larks. Tonight's snow may push the larks and, if present, buntings and longspurs to the road verges from the currently bare fields. Caley Reservation - the pine groves were almost birdless. I heard but never saw crows, a blue jay, a downy, a Carolina wren, and a chickadee. Cheers, Craig Caldwell Westlake ______________________________________________________________________ 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]