March 13 - 11am-2:30pm:

Along the lakefront, any unprotected water was covered by broken ice,
nearshore to ~100' out, with ring-billed gulls standing on it, bobbing up and
down on the waves.

Edgewater - breakwall/put-in west of the WWTP:
Red breasted merganser - 1
Hooded mergansers - 7
Ringneck - 1
Buffleheads - 4
Scaup - 2
Mallards - 4
Geese - 2
Ring-billed gulls  - Too many to count

East 55th:
Nothing besides ring-billed gulls, that I could see

East 72nd - section of open water near shore, surrounded by floating  ice:
Redheads - 27
Canvasbacks - 7
Scaup - 3
Mallards - 2
One swan with dark bill - juvenile mute probably? - standing on ice
In distance - Black ducks? - 2
Ring-billed gulls  - Too many to count

Whiskey Island beach:
Buffleheads - 10

Song sparrows - 7 in scrub by beach


Cuyahoga River mouth:
Nothing on the water (bridge to lake), and just a few ring-bills  flying


Linda Sekura
216-598-0113




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