8:30-10:30am at Lake Erie, 72nd to Dike 14 (+ E 55th) saw thousands of mergansers, and every one I saw was a red-breasted. Clouds of them kept swarming the near shore to beyond the breakwall, then heading west. Heard gunshots to the west, off and on, the entire time. I read that hunters can take up to 5 mergansers a day, but no more than one hooded. ~4,000+ (guessing) red-breasted mergansers 6 hooded mergansers 40 horned grebes One pied-billed grebe 24 coots 18 mallards Over a hundred Canada geese Didn't count gulls, but saw at least one Bonaparte's Linda Cuyahoga County 216-598-0113 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]