Hi all - A really quick (20 min) stop at Avon Lake Power Plant (2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.) turned up few birds, but I landed just in time to catch sweet sights of a single subadult PARASITIC JAEGER making several entertaining acrobatic pursuits towards a group of 50+ gulls. Exceedingly close to shore, the jaeger put on quite a show as it hounded Ring-billed Gulls in aerial dance. It took a few passes at several birds, then pumped away from the 'harbor' and headed due west. Max numbers of gulls totalled only 500-600, with small numbers of Bonaparte's in the mix (30-40). The only waterfowl sp. for the stop was Red-breasted Merganser, represented by several dozen passing flocks of 25-50 birds at a time. Nothing in the way of the spectacular totals currently found at Eastlake (thoouuuusands of mergs). Upwards of 20+ Common Loons were very visible and feeding very actively within the 'harbor' area, and farther out onto the lake. A single fishing Pied-billed Grebe and a Belted Kingfisher, hunkered on the breakwall, were also noted. I can't remember a time when jaegers (Pomarines and Parasitics) were in such good supply here on the Erie front. Within the past couple of weeks, observers have been striking gold with multiple 'Poms and Parasites', often at the same location(s)...for instance, days with SEVEN total jaegers found by multiple parties at different locations. If there was a season/year to get up to the lake and attempt to find one or two of these way-cool larid-bombarders, the time is at hand. Good luck to you. Between Avon Lake, Rocky River, Edgewater and Cleveland Lakefront State Park, Sim's Park in Euclid, Headlands/Fairport, Perry, and Painseville, the possibilities for setting up at 'overlooks' are just grand. cheers jen brumfield [log in to unmask] akron, ohio _________________________________________________________________ Talk now to your Hotmail contacts with Windows Live Messenger. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0020000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://get.live.com/messenger/overview ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. 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]