There was a lot of movement on the lake today.  Lots of red-breasted
mergansers and steady flow of Bonaparte's gulls all day.  Best birds were an
adult BLACK-HEADED GULL observed flying west around 9:15 and a breeding
plumaged eared grebe that floated by to the east.

I watched the lake off and on all day and also added a lesser black-backed
gull.  I'm guessing 200+ Caspain terns passed by today

Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
North Perry, Lake County
April 18, 2009, 700-1030
Weather- clear
Winds- SW 5 -10 to W 10-15,
Temp- 50-65 F
Barometer- 30.19-30.21,
Humidity-56-53, Dew point- 35-33
Waves- 2-3 increasing to 3-4 feet,
Flight direction- west

Canada goose   35
Wood duck   4
Mallard  2
Bufflehead   7
Hooded merganser   3
Red-breasted merganser   1,868
Common loon   7
EARED GREBE   1
Double-crested cormorant   226
Great blue heron   2
Peregrine falcon   1
BLACK-HEADED GULL   1 adult
Bonaparte's gull   777
Ring-billed gull   388
Herring gull   171
Great black-backed gull   2
Caspian tern   14
Forster's tern   2
Belted kingfisher   7


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

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