Two pelagic trips were run out of Cleveland on Saturday 12/11. The first was from 7:00-11:00 and the second from 11:00-3:00. The morning trip headed east out of the Cuyahoga and ran as far east as White City. Most of the gulls were seen around the mouth of the river. On the lake there were scattered flocks of gulls and waterfowl. The most numerous waterfowl were red-breasted mergansers and Canada geese. Ring-billed gulls were the most common gull. Very few Bonaparte's gulls were seen. Highlights on this trip were 1-2 purple sandpipers along the outer breakwall, glaucous gull, and Nelson's gull (hybrid between glaucous and herring). The glaucous put on a nice show as it ripped into a dead red-breasted merganser. The Nelson's also joined it briefly for a nice comparison. We also had peregrine falcon and bald eagle. On the second trip we headed west and went as far as the Rocky River. There were a lot more waterfowl and gulls to the west. Waterfowl were dominated by red-breasted mergansers, bufflehead and common goldeneye. Gulls were mainly ring-billed, but with a few more herring and Bonaparte's. There were no large Bonaparte's gulls here either. Highlights on this trip were several lesser black-backed gulls, Iceland gull, and Thayer's gull. On both trips we saw a couple common loons and a few horned grebes A couple people asked me to post my shots of the Thayer's gull I have posted a couple shots at: http://www.rarebird.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5280&PID=15678#15678 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]