I watched the lake this morning not expecting much.  I was wrong, it was
actually pretty good.  The big thing were the swallows.  I ended up seeing
18 cave swallows and had an additional 16 unidentified that were more than
likely also caves.  Also of note was an adult little gull.  There started
off being a handful of Bonaparte's feeding offshore.  More birds continued
to join them until there were several hundred feeding.  The little gull was
in this flock.  Around 9:30 the flock broke up and before too long there
were only about 50 left.



Lakeshore Waterbird Survey

Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County

October 25, 2012, 0730-1000

Weather- partly cloudy to clear, Wind- SW 10-15

Temperature 60-63 F, Barometer- 30.04-30.05

Humidity- 79-77, dew point- 53-56

Waves- 1-2 feet, Direction- west



Canada goose   6

Wood duck   2

Bufflehead   1

Red-breasted merganser    6

Double-crested cormorant 47

LITTLE GULL   1- adult

Bonaparte's gull   740

Ring-billed gull  96

Herring gull  14

Swallow spp.   16

CAVE SWALLOW   18

Barn swallow   1





John Pogacnik

4765 Lockwood Road

Perry, OH 44081




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