First off, the hoary redpoll was not seen today.  I only saw two common
redpolls the entire day.

The ice was up against the shoreline so the birds were further out.  Again
there were a lot of red-breasted mergansers and gulls moving today.  The
gulls were heading east overhead at treetop height.  The only gull of note
was a first cycle Thayer's gull.  The first big flocks of cormorants were
seen today.

Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry
March 27, 2011, 700-1000
Weather- partly cloudy
Winds- N 10-15, Temp- 24-26 F
Barometer- 30.13-30.18,
Humidity-76-70, Dew point- 17-20
Waves- 2-3 feet, Flight direction- east
Ice 60%

Canada goose   4
Bufflehead   3
Common goldeneye   5
Hooded merganser   2
Red-breasted merganser   927
Horned grebe   1
Double-crested cormorant   137
Bonaparte's gull   12
Ring-billed gull   960
Herring gull   388
THAYER'S GULL 1 1st cycle
Great black-backed gull   18




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

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