Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society
Field Trip to Lorain Harbor and Black River
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Leader: Rich Kassouf
A windy sunny Saturday morning made travel easy. The Avon Lake Power
Plant did not attract very many birds. Lake Erie is open this year.
At Lorain Harbor Ring-billed Gulls shared space with a sprinkling of
Herring Gulls and Great Black-backed Gulls. There were only a few
ducks. A flock of 800 or more Red-breasted Mergansers flew past.
After a survey of the gulls, we moved to the Black River, where four
Black-crowned Night Herons perched by the shore. A raft of
Canvasbacks moved upriver along with Scaup and Common Mergansers.
BIRD LIST
19 species
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Mallard
Canvasback
Redhead
Scaup sp.
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night Heron
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
American Crow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
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Lorain Birders
Lorain Lighthouse
Which gull is that one?
Sunny day birding. |