I finally had a chance to get out and check out the lakefront. I was only able to get out to Eastlake and East 72nd Street. I wish I would have been able to get over to the Avon Lake Power plant. I received a call from Levi Hoestettler this evening. He and his group had a RED-THROATED LOON and LONG-TAILED DUCK there today as well as all three mergansers. His report matched mine with gulls though. Very few gulls anywhere. Only three species were reported today with most being ring-billed, a few herring and few great black-backed gulls. At East 72nd there were mallard, black duck, gadwall, redhead, ring-necked duck, canvasback, greater and lesser scaup, common goldeneye and bufflehead. I also had a merlin fly by. At Eastlake there were ducks, but they were flying off as I got there. They had been scared off by a peregrine falcon. They never came back. Of the ducks that remained I only saw mallard, both scaup, redhead, and red-breasted merganser. I'm not sure where the gulls are. They often disappear in late January-early February and then return later this month. The lake has been frozen out my way. My feeders have been getting a few siskins and the occasional redpoll, but not much else. 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]