This afternoon I visited East 55th St. hoping to see the Gannet. I didn't see it for a while and was ready to leave around 3:15 when a group of Amish birders from Wooster spotted a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE just off shore to the west of the parking lot. We were able to get great looks at it just several feet from where we were standing. After watching it for about 10-15 minutes, it settled down in the water, bringing our attention to a RED PHALAROPE that was just a few feet from it in the water. With the waves as high as they were we probably would've never spotted the Phalarope without the Kittiwake settling down near it. We also were finally able to get looks at the Northern Gannet at around 3:45. I almost missed all of this, but I was glad I stuck around for a few more minutes when I was about to leave. Sorry for not posting sooner, but I don't have internet on my phone and didn't get home until recently. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]