Yesterday I birded the lakefront from Fairport Harbor to Lorain. Basically I birded at Fairport Harbor, East 72nd, Avon Lake Power Plant and Lorain Harbor. I also stopped by Sandy Ridge.. The various lakefront sites were pretty similar with few ducks or gulls. I really saw nothing of note at any of these locations. East 72nd, Avon Lake and Lorain all had quite a bit of ice that had blown in over night so open water was limited. Fairport was open but had very few birds. I did not see a single great black-backed gull at any of these locations. It's interesting that at all of the lakefront areas combined I probably saw less than 200 ducks total. At my house I saw over 3,000 red-breasted mergansers alone. Sandy Ridge was a little better. There I had a couple tree swallow, red-headed woodpecker, and sandhill crane. Like the lakefront locations, waterfowl numbers were low. 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]