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When it wasn't snowing hard, there was a nice movement of birds.
Unfortunately around 830 it started snowing and things slowed down a bit.
Occasionally the snow would let up and you could see birds further out.
There was a good movement of big gulls overhead. When the snow started they
thinned out quite a bit. I was seeing some interesting gulls so I paid
attention to the overhead movement. It paid off when a snowy owl flew over
at treetop height heading west. It is a first for my waterbird surveys and
the second time from the yard. Also of interest was a killdeer that came in
off the lake and headed south. I also found Iceland, glaucous, and lesser
black-backed gulls.
Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County
December 15, 2013, 0730-1030
Weather- cloudy with snow, Wind- SW 15-20 to W 20-25
Temperature 29-25 F, Barometer- 29.81-29.86
Humidity- 86-82, dew point- 25-20
Waves- 3-5 to 4-6
Flight direction- west
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 6
Common goldeneye 31
Hooded merganser 9
Common merganser 136
Red-breasted merganser 3,146
KILLDEER 1
Bonaparte's gull 3
Ring-billed gull 214
ICELAND GULL 1 st
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 ad
GLAUCOUS GULL 2 (1 st, 1ad)
Herring gull 475
Great black-backed gull 26
SNOWY OWL 1
John Pogacnik
4765 Lockwood Road
Perry, OH 44081
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