Things were real slow today with nothing of note.  What few mergansers went
by were all very small flocks.  Gulls were up a bit today, but they were
very high heading east.



Conditions should have been good yesterday and today for a decent movement
of birds.  Winds have been out of the north and the barometer has been
steadily rising.  These are the conditions I look for to see a decent
movement.  It seems like most of the brant and scoters may have headed off
to the coast.  The question is how much of the waterfowl that spend the fall
locally took advantage of the north winds and also headed out.  The past
storm occurred the last few days of October, which is early for the huge
diver movements.  The best days for them are often right around Veteran's
Day, November 11.  I remember a day back in the 1980s when there was a one
day huge waterfowl movement.  Hunters complained the rest of the fall
wondering where all the ducks were.  There were a lot fewer ducks around the
entire fall that year.  Even though it was still October, there was an
incredible movement last Saturday and each day since has seen fewer birds.
It will be interesting to see what happens with waterfowl numbers later this
month.



Lakeshore Waterbird Survey

Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County

November 4, 2012, 0700-930

Weather- cloudy, Wind- N 5-10

Temperature 38-40 F, Barometer- 30.14-30.16

Humidity-  74-70, dew point- 31

Waves- 2-3 feet, Direction- waterfowl west, gull east



Canada goose   1

Mallard  3

Red-breasted merganser   57

Bonaparte's gull   1

Ring-billed gull  355

Herring gull   71



John Pogacnik

4765 Lockwood Road

Perry, OH 44081




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