There was a great movement of gulls today with numerous great black-backed
and several white winged gulls.  Waterfowl were down a bit.



There was no sign of the hoary redpoll today and no redpolls were seen at
all.  The redpolls had been feeding in the alders along the cliff.  The high
winds off the lake may have been too intense for them.  The vesper sparrow
was seen most of the day.



Lakeshore Waterbird Survey

Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County

December 30, 2012, 0730-1030

Weather- cloudy/ snow, Wind- W 15-20

Temperature 31-32 F, Barometer- 30.21-30.27

Humidity-  81-80, dew point- 25-27

Waves- 4-6 feet, Direction- west



Canvasback   1

Lesser scaup   1

Common goldeneye   30

Common merganser   33

Red-breasted merganser   202

Ring-billed gull  911

Herring gull   1588

ICELAND GULL   2 (1 ad, 1 3rd)

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL   2 ad

GLAUCOUS GULL   3 (1 ad, 2 1st)

Great black-backed gull   147



John Pogacnik

4765 Lockwood Road

Perry, OH 44081




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