There was an excellent movement of Bonaparte's gulls this morning.  They
moved constantly in small numbers the entire time.  I ended up watching
until 11:00 as there was still a movement.  Even at 11:00 they were still
moving, but numbers were low.  I saw an adult little gull and an immature
Sabine's gull amongst them.  There were Bonaparte's close to shore and some
at the limit of observation.  You could tell they were Bonaparte's, but it
would have been impossible to identify anything different.  Also of note was
almost everyone was an adult.



All of the waterfowl observed were diving ducks. Of note were black and surf
scoters and long-tailed duck.  Also of note were two distant swallows that
ended up being tree swallows.  I rarely get any swallows on the lake here
after the end of September.



Lakeshore Waterbird Survey

Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County

November 17, 2015, 0700-1100

Weather- partly cloudy, Winds- NW 10-15

Temperature- 46-48, Barometer- 30.42-30.46

Humidity- 54-52, Dew point- 36-39

Waves- 2-4 feet, Flight direction- west



Canvasback   5

Redhead   16

Ring-necked duck   3

Greater scaup   11

Lesser scaup   78

Scaup spp.  80

SURF SCOTER   1

BLACK SCOTER   4

LONG-TAILED DUCK   1 female

Bufflehead   8

Common goldeneye   4

Red-breasted merganser   1,682

Common loon   102

Horned grebe   83

Double-crested cormorant   54

LITTLE GULL   1 adult

Bonaparte's gull   2,840

Ring-billed gull 221

Herring gull   34

SABINE'S GULL 1 immature

Tree swallow   2



John Pogacnik




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