Although there is still extensive ice cover inside the breakwalls at Ashtabula and Conneaut, there are some large areas of open water farther off shore. A decent number of waterfowl scattered about, with common merganser being the most abundant at both locations. Conneaut Harbor – common merganser – 150+ lesser scaup – 20+ canada goose – 20+ red breasted merganser – 10+ common goldeneye – 10+ mallard – 10+ canvasback – 1 belted kingfisher – 1 Ashtabula (Lake Shore Park) – common merganser – 200+ common goldeneye – 100+ canada goose – 100+ red breasted merganser – 65+ mallard – 50+ hooded merganser – 15+ bufflehead – 10+ black duck - 1 dc cormorant – 34 Bob Krajeski Ashtabula Co.