The Lorain Snowy Owl put in an appearance at the impoundment this morning. It was teed-up on a treetop hawk-owl style, before flying out over the harbor and evaporating into into the snow flurries. Emil Bacik joined me at Avon Lake Power Plant, which was a world better than yesterday. There's definitely some extreme daily turnover here. Highlights: White-winged Scoter 76 Rough-legged Hawk 1 Emil spotted this dark-morph bird coming in from the east; it perched on the ice & atop the trees bordering the hot-water outlet before heading out Thayer's Gull 1 1st Iceland Gull 4 1st Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 2nd Glaucous Gull 10 1st (4), 2nd (3), ad (3) Great Black-backed Gull 565 counted in a single sweep Also, an odd, dark-mantled, YELLOW-legged gull. This adult bird was Great Black-backed in size, with dark grey (just slightly paler) mantle, clean head, large bill, and obviously yellow legs. I'm at a loss - this bird basically identically resembled an adult Yellow-footed Gull, and it was surrounded by adult Great Black-backed Gulls for comparison. Possibly, it had Lesser Black-backed Gull in its lineage, as I can't see a GBBG X HEGU hybrid ending up with yellow legs. Ahhh, those crazy, crazy gulls... Gabe Leidy Sheffield Lake ______________________________________________________________________ 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]