Hi folks - Had a great mid-morning's worth of gulling (8 species) at East 72nd Street on the Cleveland lakefront. Hordes of large gulls can be found resting on the pack ice and drifting in and out of the open hotwaters. At this warm water outlet, observers can get awfully up-close to some really great birds, if you put in the time. A pleasant surprise was comrade Kevin Metcalf, already set up and filtering through waterfowl and gulls when I arrived. Canvasback, Common Goldeneye, and Greater Scaup were in close in the hotwaters, among others. A 3rd year Bald Eagle caused mass mayhem towards the end of our stay, causing many many hundreds of gulls to stir up. Each time there was a 'pick-up' of birds (eagle, planes, possibly a falcon at one point) there was a new mix of birds that came into the hotwaters. Larid report: Iceland Gull - a single 1st basic (1st winter) individual in the open hotwaters Thayer's Gull - an single adult spotted in flight by an avid fellow that met up with us (my apologies for not catching his name!), a fun and intriguing bird that could possibly be left as Thayer's/Iceland...showed a dark eye, medium amount of dark gray on primaries, gray mantle same/very similar to Herring. Looking forward to any photos that Kevin shot of this bird. Glaucous Gull - 3 total individuals; one adult and one creamy-white 1st winter bird in the hotwaters, and a subadult in flight (probably 3rd year) further out over the ice pack. Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 total individuals; at least two adults on the ice pack, a third adult in the hotwaters, a 2nd winter bird on the ice pack, and two first winter birds in the hotwaters. Great Black-backed Gull - numbers not very high but several adults in the hotwaters and resting on ice pack, not very many subadult birds save for numerous 1st winters in the hotwaters and resting on ice. Herring Gull - very abundant Ring-billed Gull - abundant Bonaparte's Gull - perhaps a total of 4 or so individuals max Good birding. Stay warm. cheers Jen Jen Brumfield [log in to unmask] Akron, OH _________________________________________________________________ Get in the mood for Valentine's Day. View photos, recipes and more on your Live.com page. http://www.live.com/?addTemplate=ValentinesDay&ocid=T001MSN30A0701 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. 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]