Gull numbers were similar to yesterday while duck numbers were way down.
The movement was interesting today, common mergansers and gulls were heading
west while the other waterfowl were east.  This was the third straight day
of strong winds.  It seems like most of the birds have settled down
somewhere.  Birds of note were a group of three long-tailed ducks and a
glaucous gull.

Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
North Perry, Lake County
January 3, 2010, 730-1000
Weather- cloudy with occasional flurries
Winds- W 25-30, Temp- 19-21 F
Barometer- 30.18-30.17,
Humidity-84-82, Dew point- 15-16
Waves- 7-9 feet, Flight direction- west

Mallard   2
Canvasback   38
Greater scaup  11
Lesser scaup   53
LONG-TAILED DUCK  3
Bufflehead   8
Common goldeneye   2
Common merganser   53
Red-breasted merganser   274
Bonaparte's gull   1
Ring-billed gull   330
Herring gull   256
GLAUCOUS GULL   1 (1st cycle)
Great black-backed gull  24

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

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