I was at Lorain in the late afternoon and saw the previous reported black-headed gull and leucistic Bonaparte's. Around 3:30-4:00 a lot of gulls began moving into the harbor and I was able to find a first cycle FRANKLIN'S GULL sitting in the water at the west end of the harbor (the old hot-waters area). I also had a first cycle LITTLE GULL make a single pass in the Bonaparte's flock. A POMARINE JAEGER made a quick pass into the harbor. It came over the east breakwall, stirred the gulls up a bit and then headed out. Two different peregrine falcons and a bald eagle also had some fun stirring up the gulls. Finally a single PURPLE SANDPIPER was flushed when the hunters started shooting. It came off the west breakwall rocks, flew up the channel west of where people have been watching the gulls, and then back out to the breakwall. There were thousands of mergansers flying north of the breakwalls. I'll post some shots of the black-headed gull tomorrow. 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]