Today was by far the largest movement of gulls.  From 8:45- 10:00 gulls
passed by a a rate of 100-200 a minute.  I ended up with close to 35,000
individuals and 8 species of gulls.  Waterfowl were also decent with good
numbers of mergansers and scaup.  Black and white-winged scoters were of
note.

Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
North Perry, Lake County
December 10, 2011, 730-1030
Weather- cloudy with flurries, Winds- SW 10-15
Temp- 30-31 F, Barometer- 30.43-30.48
Humidity-89-88, Dew point- 21-23
Waves- 2-4 feet, Flight direction- west

American black duck   4
Mallard   1
Greater scaup   1
Lesser scaup   57
Scaup spp.   340
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER   2
BLACK SCOTER 5
Common goldeneye   2
Common merganser 23
Red-breasted merganser 4,357
Horned grebe 3
Bonaparte's gull 72
Ring-billed gull  21,530
Herring gull 13,110
THAYER'S GULL   1 1st cycle
KUMLIEN'S GULL   1 1st/2nd cycle
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL   1 ad
GLAUCOUS GULL   3 (2 1st/2nd cycle, 1 ad)
Great black-backed gull   31

John Pogacnik
4765 Lockwood Road
Perry, OH 44081
(440) 259-2751

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