It was an interesting day.  There was about 100 yards of ice, a quarter mile
of open water, and then ice as far as the eye can see.  The open water
seemed laike a river and all the birds were following it, the gulls east and
waterfowl west.  The most interesting bird was a fly-by red-necked grebe.
There was a white-winged scoter and two long-tailed ducks, both singles.
The only gull of note was an Iceland gull.



A single horned lark was seen flying east over the ice.  Larks are early
migrants.  Was this a spring migrant?  It's nice to think spring.



Lakeshore Waterbird Survey

Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County

January 11, 2005, 0730-1000

Weather- cloudy, Wind- S 10-15

Temperature 48 F, Barometer- 29.52-29.44

Humidity-  92, dew point- 46

Waves- 1-2,

Flight direction-waterfowl west, gulls east



Gadwall   5

Redhead   43

Greater scaup   3

Lesser scaup   74

WHITE-WINGED SCOTER   1

LONG-TAILED DUCK   2

Bufflehead   1

Common goldeneye   48

Common merganser   1474

Red-breasted merganser  5765

RED-NECKED GREBE   1

Ring-billed gull   81

ICELAND GULL  1 3rd

Herring gull  632

Great black-backed gull   32

Horned lark   1



John Pogacnik

4765 Lockwood Road

Perry, OH 44081




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