I was on the beach at the Lake Erie Bluffs in Lake County yesterday morning. There was a nice movement of gulls on the lake and overhead. Surprisingly there were more herring gulls and Bonaparte's gulls than ring-billed gulls. Nothing unusual with the Bonaparte's, but a nice third cycle glaucous gull out on the lake. There was a large group of red-breasted mergansers, 1,000 or so out on the lake also. The only other ducks were a small group of buffleheads. I also had a couple small groups of redpolls totaling about 40 birds. There were also 3 fox sparrows. There is a lot of activity on the lake and with landbirds so it might be an interesting weekend. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]