It was very different today compared with yesterday. the lake migration was
much better than the songbird and hawk migration. the best birds of the
day- adult RED-THROATED LOON, RED-NECKED GREBE, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, lesser
black-backed gull, and Merlin were all observed while watching the lake.
The best warbler of the day, a KENTUCKY WARBLER was even observed coming
inland off the lake. It was fly west along the shore and then headed into
the trees along the beach. I also had a brown thrasher fly south off the
lake. The red-throated loon was in breeding plumage, the red-necked grebe
was in winter plumage. The Northern Goshawk was an adult the was flying
just offshore in a westerly direction. There were great numbers of Caspian
and Forster's terns today.
There were a lot fewer warblers and other songbirds today. New for today
were common yellowthroat, gray catbird, and Swainson's thrush. I started
watching for hawks around 10:30 and quit around 11:30. I had a few sharpies
and two broadwings and a few vultures. I actually had more birds over the
lake.
Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
North Perry, Lake County
April 25, 2009, 630-930
Weather- partly cloudy
Winds- SW 15-20, Temp- 69-75 F
Barometer- 30.01-30.14,
Humidity-54, Dew point- 53-58
Waves- 4-6 feet, Flight direction- west
Canada goose 24
Wood duck 4
Mallard 2
Bufflehead 2
Red-breasted merganser 184
RED-THROATED LOON 1 adult
Common loon 6
RED-NECKED GREBE 1
Double-crested cormorant 209
Great blue heron 32
Bald eagle 1
Osprey 1
Northern harrier 1
NORTHERN GOSHAWK 1 adult
MERLIN 3
Killdeer 1
Spotted sandpiper 1
Lesser yellowlegs 5
Dunlin 14
Bonaparte's gull 656
Ring-billed gull 542
Herring gull 84
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 adult
Great black-backed gull 2
Caspian tern 308
Common tern 5
Forster's tern 131
Belted kingfisher 1
John Pogacnik
4765 Lockwood Road
Perry, OH 44081
(440) 259-2751
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