There was a pretty good movement of birds today with a good diversity of
species.  Best bird was a female HARLEQUIN DUCK that was sitting in with a
group of 23 bufflehead off the beach for about 10 minutes.  Forster's tern
was new for the year.  Another good one for me here was blue-winged teal.  I
don't see many pass by here.  Some years I never see one.

The feeders were also decent with about a dozen COMMON REDPOLLS and 2 purple
finches.

Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
April 12, 2008, 700-930
Weather- cloudy
Winds- SW 10-15, Temp- 47-46 F
Barometer- 29.63-29.64,
Humidity-75-76, Dew point- 39
Waves- 2-3 feet, Flight direction- west

Canada goose   8
Wood duck   3
Blue-winged teal   2
Greater scaup   1
Lesser scaup   28
HARLEQUIN DUCK   1 female
SURF SCOTER   8
Bufflehead   145
Common goldeneye   1
Red-breasted merganser   386
Ruddy duck   8
Common loon   22
Horned grebe   3
Double-crested cormorant   234
BALD EAGLE   1 immature
Ring-billed gull   166
Herring gull   79
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL   1 adult
Great black-backed gull   5
Caspain tern   9
Forster's tern   1
Belted kingfisher   1

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

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