Hi all, Ryan Steiner and I started at the usual Ashtabula Black-tailed Gull viewing sites at 8am this morning. A small group searched the area until Bret McCarty spotted it near the marina at 10am. Also present was an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull but no Snowy Owl. We continued west to Fairport Harbor which yielding nothing apart from the usual gulls, mergansers and goldeneye and Headland’s wasn’t any better. A few hundred Bonaparte’s were working the water near the lighthouse which could eventually turn up a Little. Next stop was East 72nd St. where Scott Albaugh earlier posted about the Long-tailed Duck, which was easily relocated near the water outlet amongst all the Red-breasted Mergansers – a female. Other waterfowl between here and 55th include both mergansers, Lesser Scaup, Buffleheads and Mallards. Last stop was a quick search for Snowy Owl at Burke to no avail, however a Short-eared Owl was spooked up while a airport vehicle was doing its rounds landing near sign “12”. Apparently up to 4 or more have been hanging around Burke recently. Ethan Kistler ______________________________________________________________________ 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]