I was not able to get back to where the adult California gull was today, but was able to view that area from a distance. There were probably 20% or less the number of gulls that were there on Monday and Tuesday. The west winds were kicking the lake up and most of the gulls had dispersed. What I did notice today was a small movement of gulls westward along the lake and almost everyone was a herring. They are predicting some north winds over the next few days and the gulls may be concentrating in some of the usual areas. I covered some of the southern parts of the Lake Erie Bluffs Park and turned up some decent birds. I found red-headed woodpecker, yellow-bellied sapsucker, and gray catbird. I also had a couple young northern harriers and several golden-crowned and one ruby-crowned kinglet. At our Baker Road Park in Leroy Township, Lake County I had a hermit thrush, several golden-crowned and one ruby-crowned kinglet, and several yellow-rumped warblers. The first 100 yard of the trail is lined with crabapple trees and they were loaded with birds. For directions to both parks check the lakemetroparks.com website. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]