First thing this morning Emil & I checked several Lorain Co. Hey all - First thing this morning Emil & I checked several Lorain Co. locales, finding little of interest, before heading a bit west. On the way to Magee, I pulled off along US-250 to check a gull flock and the first bird I laid eyes on was a young ICELAND GULL, right next to the road! We've had some success finding Lesser Black-backeds in agricultural fields but this was our first white-winger. This flock also included four ad. Lesser Black-backed Gulls. The photos of the Iceland can be found at N/NW: http://northnw.wordpress.com/ On to the hawk tower at Magee, where the weather was gorgeous and the hawk flight at least mildly entertaining for the date: Turkey Vulture 9 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 39 Red-tailed Hawk 9 Eastern Phoebe 2 Lapland Longspur 45 Ethan Kistler and others joined for the hawk flight. Lots of pellets & whitewash under a pine near the hawk tower...looks like a Long-eared Owl spent some time here. Good birding - Gabe Leidy Sheffield Lake ______________________________________________________________________ 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]