There was a decent movement of waterfowl today, but not many gulls.  The
first half hour or so saw very few birds and all were heading east.  Around
8:10 the wind picked up very lightly out of the north and the movement
picked up greatly and the birds began moving west.  I had my first common
loon and tree swallow today.  Other birds of note were white-winged and
black scoter and a red-necked grebe.

Songbird migration was fairly light with crows and blackbirds making up the
majority.  the interesting thing was they were all heading west.  I rarely
get songbirds heading west here.

At the feeders there were a few siskins and a single common redpoll.

Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
North Perry, Lake County
March 22, 2009, 730-1000
Weather- cloudy-partly cloudy
Winds-N 5, Temp- 33-38 F
Barometer- 30.44-30.45,
Humidity-80-77, Dew point- 25-29
Waves- 1-2 feet,  Flight direction- west
Canada goose   18
Wood duck   2
Mallard   4
Lesser scaup   16
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER   1
BLACK SCOTER   2
Bufflehead   9
Common goldeneye   69
Hooded merganser   15
Common merganser   5
Red-breasted merganser   5742
Ruddy duck   4
Common loon   1
Horned grebe   38
RED-NECKED GREBE   1
Bald eagle 2 adults
Ring-billed gull   277
Herring gull   93
Great black-backed gull   8
Belted kingfisher   5
Tree swallow   1

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

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