Bird movement was a bit slow today probably due to the high winds and
occasional snow showers.  Of note was a single American coot that was
sitting on the lake.  I rarely get coots out here along the open lake and a
winter record is extremely rare.  It appears that this bird may have moved
on the same winds that brought all of the pintail earlier this week.

Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry
December 31, 2008, 745-1015
Weather- cloudy with snow
Winds- N 30-40+, Temp- 26-24 F
Barometer- 29.92-30.10,
Humidity-88-67, Dew point- 23-22
Waves- 10-12 feet, Flight direction- west

Canvasback   7
Bufflehead   7
Common goldeneye   2
Common merganser   81
Red-breasted merganser   207
Common loon   1
American coot   1
Ring-billed gull   233
Herring gull   212
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL   1 adult
Great black-backed gull   19


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

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