Today was definitely the best of the year for gulls with thousands passing
by to the west.  Included were single glaucous and Iceland gulls as well as
128 great black-backed gulls.  Gulls in smaller numbers continued to move
throughout the day.  depending on where they end up, there should finally be
some good gull numbers to look through.  Also of interest was an adult
RED-THROATED LOON that was on the lake off my house for nearly a half hour.
It eventually floated out of site to the east.

Location- Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County
Date- January 9, 2007, Time- 7:45-10:15
Weather- Cloudy to mostly cloudy,
Winds- SW 5-10 to NW 10-15
Temperature- 34-37 F, Barometer- 29.78-29.84
Humidity- 80-77, Dew point- 29-30
Waves- 2-3 increasing to 3-4, Flight direction- west

Canada goose   1
Lesser scaup   1
Red-breasted merganser   233
RED_THROATED LOON   1
BALD EAGLE   1 adult
Ring-billed gull   9.860
Herring gull   1486
ICELAND GULL   1 1st year
GLAUCOUS GULL 1 adult
Great Black-backed gull   128

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

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