Today was interesting.  The morning started out very calm with a light
drizzle.  The wind never picked up much (In contrast to this evening) so the
lake was flat and birds were easy to see on the water.  The only birds I saw
in the air were gulls, everything else was on the water.  There must have
been fish near the surface as I saw a few Bonaparte's and common loons
feeding and for a half hour after that more loons and grebes swam in to join
them.  At one time there were about 80 Bonaparte's, 50 common loons, 40
horned grebes and 2 RED-NECKED GREBES.  Other than the feeding frenzy the
only other excitement was a constant flow of horned grebes swimming
eastward.  Joining them was a single EARED GREBE.  No jaegers or anything
like that today.

Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
November 15, 2008, 715-915
Weather- cloudy w/ light rain
Winds- E 5 to W 5, Temp- 51-52 F
Barometer- 29.52-29.48,
Humidity-88, Dew point- 47-48
Waves- <1 feet, Flight direction- west

Red-breasted merganser   24
Common loon   61
Horned grebe   119
EARED GREBE   1
RED-NECKED GREBE   2
Bonaparte's gull   112
Ring-billed gull   23
Herring gull   2

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

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