Yesterday there was about a half mile of ice along the shoreline.  Today the
lake was covered in ice.  There were a couple very narrow leads of open
water, but that was it.  Gulls were flying over the icepack heading west.
Most were pretty distant.

Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
North Perry, Lake County
January 16, 2010, 730-930
Weather-  partly cloudy
Winds- NW 10-15  Temp- 16-17 F
Barometer- 30.22-30.27
Humidity-74-73, Dew point- 10-11
Ice cover 95%, Flight direction- west

Common merganser   6
Ring-billed gull   103
Herring gull   986
GLAUCOUS GULL   2
Great black-backed gull   27

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

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