There were fewer birds today, but there were some good birds to make up for
it.  Best was a CACKLING GOOSE that was out on the lake with 4 Canada geese.
I have seen 2 cackling geese 2 and 4 miles from my yard, but not from the
yard, so it was a new yard bird.  Also of interest was a male white-winged
scoter, single Thayer's, Iceland and lesser black-backed gulls, a 2 glaucous
gulls.

Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
North Perry, Lake County
February 15, 2009, 700-10:00
Weather- cloudy to partly cloudy
Winds- W 5-10, Temp- 29-31 F
Barometer- 30.23-30.26,
Humidity-75-72, Dew point- 21-23
Waves- 1-2 feet, Flight direction- east

CACKLING GOOSE   1
Canada goose   223
Mallard   3
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER   1 male
Common goldeneye   59
Common merganser   29
Red-breasted merganser   54
Bald eagle   2 (1 adult, 1 imm.)
Ring-billed gull   964
Herring gull  875
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL   1 (3rd cycle)
THAYER'S GULL   1 (1st cycle)
ICELAND GULL   1 (adult)
GLAUCOUS GULL   2 (1 adult, 1st cycle)
Great black-backed gull   83


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

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