Despite the dismal forecast yesterday, we had a sucker hole pass over in the
morning which I used to run up to Deer Creek in search of the reported
Northern Shrike.  I arrived about ten o'clock and the weather held fair for
about two hours, but a thorough search of likely habitat near the beach
turned up no shrikes.

There was a Red-throated Loon on the east fork of the lake, however, visible
from the bluff overlooking the beach.  The loon was no doubt part of the big
movement that has been reported from more northerly locations in the past
week.

There were also 124 Bonaparte's Gulls in that part of the lake.  Later, I
counted 84 ring-bills from the boat ramp.  The gulls seemed to be
segregating themselves into the two forks.

The clouds closed in again about noon and by the time I got back to
Wilmington it was raining and continued to rain throughout the afternoon and
evening.

Cheers,

Bob

--
Robert D Powell
Wilmington, OH, USA
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