As I mentioned, no two days are the same.  If you weren't comparing it with
yesterday , today was very good.  Comparing it with yesterday it was a big
letdown.  The ducks actually started to move around 8:50 as they did
yesterday.  Unfortunately so did the rain.  When the rain picked up around
9:30 the birds died out.  Of note was a flock of 4 red phalaropes that were
just off-shore.  I had all three scoters, only a small number today.  There
were a few more loons today.



The real surprise for me though was watching two large swarms of birds way
out on the lake heading north,  They were small birds in a real tight flock.
Unfortunately both flocks drifted onshore to the east where I was not able
to get an identification on either flock.  I have never seen large flocks of
songbirds come directly over the lake.  The flocks were of 70 and 120 birds.
They may have been blackbirds or starlings.  They were just too far.



Lakeshore Waterbird Survey

Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County

October 28, 2012, 0745-1045

Weather- cloudy with rain, Wind- NE 25-35

Temperature 45 F, Barometer- 30.07-30.08

Humidity-  86, dew point- 41-45

Waves- 5-8feet, Direction- east



Gadwall   10

American wigeon   3

American black duck   4

Mallard  22

Green-winged teal   2

Redhead   2

Lesser scaup   682

SURF SCOTER   4

WHITE-WINGED SCOTER   11

BLACK SCOTER   1

Bufflehead   24

Red-breasted merganser   183

Common loon   24

Double-crested cormorant   49

Dunlin 21

RED PHALAROPE   4

Ring-billed gull   255

Herring gull   81





John Pogacnik

4765 Lockwood Road

Perry, OH 44081




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