Here's something that might help with your question regarding Lake Erie: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82836 > Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:36:38 -0500 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [Ohio-birds] Open water, snowy owl and general birding question > To: [log in to unmask] > > Open Water: > > I have been going to parts of the Cuyahoga River in NE Ohio to look for > waterfowl. I have found some mergansers and goldeneye. I was wondering if > anyone else found any open water in other locations. A lot of the Chagrin > River is frozen over. (I thought this might give people some more winter > birding spots to visit.) > > From what I understand, the Lake Erie coastline is pretty much frozen over. > I heard on the news/weather that over 90% of the Great Lakes is frozen over > right now. > > Snowy Owl: > > I found this link on the ABA Blog. > I wondered where the snowy owls went. There were a lot of reports last > December. Not as many in January and February. Here is where one of them has > been: > > http://www.projectsnowstorm.org/posts/snowies-ice/ > > General Birding Question: > > Does anyone here wear white or white camo when they go out birding in the > winter? I was wondering if it made a difference. I am guessing that it does. > I have a dark green jacket. I think my movements are easily seen by birds, > especially the ones that are more sensitive to people like some of the > waterfowl I see on the river. > > > Ken > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]