There was a decent movement of birds today with a nice variety of ducks and
gulls.  This was the first day in a while where there were any numbers of
red-breasted mergansers moving.  Included in the merganser flocks were all
three species of scoters.   There was one brief movement of Bonaparte's
gulls and included with them was an adult FRANKLIN'S GULL.

Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County
Date- December 15, 2007, Time- 730-1000
Weather- cloudy, Wind- east 10-15
Barometer- 30.33-30.32, Temperature- 27-28 F
Humidity- 70-71, Dew point- 16
Waves- 3-5 feet, Flight direction- west

Lesser scaup   24
SURF SCOTER   2
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER   11
BLACK SCOTER   9
Bufflehead   6
Common merganser   46
Red-breasted merganser   1,064
Common loon   1
Bald eagle   2- 1 adult, 1 sub-adult
FRANKLIN'S GULL   1 adult
Bonaparte's gull   177
Ring-billed gull   461
Herring gull   59
Great black-backed gull   16

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

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