There was a good movement of gulls migrating eastward.  Unfortunately it was
a snaking movement that often went behind me where the birds were not
visible so there was probably more white-winged gulls passing by.  My count
only includes the birds that passed in front of me.  If you are looking for
a number of total birds including those that passed behind, you can probably
triple what I placed here.  There were a few small areas of open water that
attracted some waterfowl.  It was interesting to watch the common goldeneye
and mergs courting.

At the feeders I had about 40 pine siskins, including one green morph and a
single common redpoll.  There were also a few white-winged crossbills high
in the Douglas-fir tree west of the house.

Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
North Perry, Lake County
March 1, 2009, 700-1000
Weather- partly cloudy
Winds- N 5-10 to NW 10-15,
Temp- 19-23 F
Barometer- 30.23-30.27,
Humidity-79-74, Dew point- 14-16
Lake- 95% ice covered, Flight direction- east

Canada goose   45
Common goldeneye   53
Common merganser   86
Red-breasted merganser   6
Ring-billed gull   1,888
Herring gull   1,344
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL   1 (1 adult)
ICELAND GULL   3 (2-1st cycle and 1 adult)
GLAUCOUS GULL   1 (1st cycle)
Great black-backed gull   73

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

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